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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1936.10.15
People
William Rimmer, American (Liverpool, England 1816 - 1879 S. Milford, MA)
Title
Man on Horseback and Horse's Legs
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Man on Horseback Facing Left
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1873 - c. 1875
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/306785

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite on blue wove paper
Dimensions
sheet: 30.4 x 15.9 cm (11 15/16 x 6 1/4 in.)
actual: 8 x 14.8 cm (3 1/8 x 5 13/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: graphite, l.r.: WR

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
1936.10.15
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
The work is drawn on the back of a folded real estate flier from T. P. Dresser and Co. of Chelsea MA, dated 1873.

Publication History

  • Jeffrey Weidman, "William Rimmer: Critical Catalogue Raisonné" (Thesis, Indiana University, 1981), Indiana University, no. 50, pp. 780 - 781, illus. 129

Verification Level

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