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Seated Man

William Rimmer (American (born in England), 1816–1879)
1831
Medium/TechniqueGypsum with bronze paint
Dimensions26.67 x 19.68 x 10.79 cm (10 1/2 x 7 3/4 x 4 1/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Henry Simonds
Accession number20.210
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSculpture
Collections
Provenance1879, by inheritance to the artist's daughter, Miss Caroline Hunt Rimmer (b. 1851- d.1918) Belmont, Mass.; 1918, by inheritance to her neice and executor, Edith Rimmer Durham Simonds (Mrs. Henry Simonds, b. 1877 - d. 1935) South Milford, Mass.; 1920, gift of Simonds to the MFA. (Accession date: March 4, 1920)
Cat
1840–1900
Songbird
1840–1900
The Falling Gladiator
William Rimmer
modeled 1861, cast 1907
Figures emanating from right of central figure on Side B
Caroline Hunt Rimmer
1899
Where E'er She Walks
Caroline Hunt Rimmer
1902
Dying Centaur
William Rimmer
1869
Torso
William Rimmer
1877
Where E'er She Walks
Caroline Hunt Rimmer
1902
The Mermaid
Caroline Hunt Rimmer
1892
Neptune
Caroline Hunt Rimmer
1897
Recumbent lion
305–30 B.C.
Head of a Kouros
575–550 B.C.