Human Skulls, for "Art Anatomy" | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1936.10.41
People: William Rimmer, American (Liverpool, England 1816 - 1879 S. Milford, MA)
Title: Human Skulls, for "Art Anatomy"
Other Titles: Series/Book Title: Art Anatomy
Alternate Title: Preparatory Sketches for Art Anatomy, Five Sketches of a Human Skull
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 1872
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/306710

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Graphite and brown ink on off-white wove paper

Dimensions

40.4 x 28 cm (15 7/8 x 11 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: in image, graphite: [some parts of the skulls are numbered and labeled.] No. 1; No. 2; Plan No. 1; Plan No. 2; No. 14
inscription: l.r., graphite, signed: Drawn in anticipation / of Art Anatomy-- by W. R. / (C.H.R.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: From the artist to his daughter Caroline Hunt Rimmer, at his death, 1879; to her niece Edith Rimmer Durham Simonds, 1918; purchased by the Fogg Art Museum, 1936.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Louise E. Bettens Fund
Accession Year: 1936
Object Number: 1936.10.41
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Jeffrey Weidman, "William Rimmer: Critical Catalogue Raisonné" (Thesis, Indiana University, 1981), Indiana University, no. 202, pp. 1006-1007, illus. 275

Verification Level

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