DrawingsAmerican19th century

Head of a Bearded Man

19th century

Artists

William RimmerArtist

Description

The corners of the sheet have been cut.

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Pink crayon and graphite on off-white wove paper, mounted to brown wove paper

Culture

American

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

mount: 17.9 x 25.6 cm (7 1/16 x 10 1/16 in.) actual: 17 x 22 cm (6 11/16 x 8 11/16 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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