DrawingsAmerican19th century

Prometheus and Partial Figure; verso: Profile Head of a Man

19th century

Artists

William RimmerArtist

Description

Upper right corner of the page has been cut away.

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Graphite on off-white wove paper, mounted to off-white wove paper

Culture

American

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

mount: 43.3 x 30.9 cm (17 1/16 x 12 3/16 in.) actual: 34 x 24.5 cm (13 3/8 x 9 5/8 in.)

Provenance

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.

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