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THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART 
JOB AND HIS COMFORTERS. 
On canvas, 53X H., 75 W. 
Received in 1862 from the National Institute, to which it was 
presented by Dr. Robert W. Gibbes, of Columbia, S. C., in 1841. 
Rimmer, William. 
Bom at Liverpool, England, Feb. 20, 1816. Son of a French refugee, he 
was brought to Boston in 1826, and died at South Milford, Mass., Aug. 20, 
1879. Sculptor, painter and art anatomist. He began the practice of 
medicine in 1855, painting portraits and religious pictures as occasion 
offered, but soon tinned his attention to sculpture. Lectured on art 
anatomy at the Lowell Institute, Boston, Harvard University, the National 
Academy of Design and elsewhere; was director of the School of Design of 
the Cooper Institute for some years, and professor of anatomy and sculpture 
at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts from 1876. Among his important works 
of sculpture were the “Head of St. Stephen,” “The Falling Gladiator,” a 
statue of Alexander Hamilton, “Osiris,” the “Dying Centaur” and the 
“Fighting Lions.” He was the author of The Elements of Design and Art 
Anatomy. 
THE FALLING GLADIATOR. 
Plaster. Height, 5 ft. 3^ in.; base, 2 ft. 7^ in. by 3 ft. 7 in. 
Original model. Gift of Miss Caroline Hunt Rimmer, of 
Lexington, Mass., 1915. 
Shirlaw, Walter. 
(Biographical sketch on page 145.) 
BELL FOUNDRY, GERMANY. Study for “Toning of the Bele.” 
Signed. On binder’s board, 29 H., 22 W. 
STUDY HEAD— MADAM CAPRI. 
On canvas, 17^ H., 14 W. 
THE INN, GERMANY. 
Signed. On canvas, 24^4 H., 20 W. 
EASTER GREETING. 
Signed. Pastel on paper, 52 % H., 30 W. 
Gift of Mrs. Walter Shirlaw, 1913. 
