Cherub on the Back of a Swan | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1936.10.6
People: William Rimmer, American (Liverpool, England 1816 - 1879 S. Milford, MA)
Title: Cherub on the Back of a Swan
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: c. 1870 - c. 1876
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/306795

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Graphite on off-white wove paper

Dimensions

actual: 15.3 x 20 cm (6 x 7 7/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: graphite, l.r.: WR
inscription: verso, graphite: No. 73 [same inscription has been written and then erased at l.r.c. of recto]
inscription: verso, graphite: No. 73

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: 1936.10.6
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. 186, p. 986; illus. 259

Exhibition History

Drawings, Paintings and Sculpture by the Late Dr. William Rimmer on Exhibition and Private Sale, J. Eastman Chase's Gallery, Boston, 02/01/1883 - 02/28/1883

Verification Level

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1936.10.6: Cherub on the Back of a Swan