DrawingsAmerican19th century

A Border Family

1862

Artists

William RimmerArtist

Description

White chalk smudges in upper half-- maybe accidental?

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Graphite and white chalk on brown wove paper

Culture

American

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

image: 24.4 x 43.8 cm (9 5/8 x 17 1/4 in.) actual: 27.4 x 43.7 cm (10 13/16 x 17 3/16 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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