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Frontal and Profile Studies of a Lion's Head

William Rimmer

Date unknown

Medium

Graphite on light buff-colored wove paper

Tags

Lions

Dimensions

8 x 12 1/8 in. (20.3 x 30.8 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1965

Department

The American Wing

Culture

American

Rights

Public Domain

About William Rimmer

1816–1879 • United States

American (born England), Liverpool 1816–1879 South Milford, Massachusetts

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