Artist: Caroline Hunt Rimmer (American, 1851-1918).
Title: Slipping Cherub.
Dated 1904 and Signed in plate with monogram CHR; Annotated "Off duty by CHR" (possibly, because Caroline Hunt Rimmer was basically a sculptor, or because she also was a teacher?). Signed l.r in graphite.
Dimensions: Sheet 11 1/2" x 8".
Date: 1904.
Materials and Techniques: Etching on wove paper.
Provenance: The Estate of George "Yorgo" Demetrakopoulos; professor, assistant director of the Medieval Institute, and assistant to the dean at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, from 1965-2000.
Condition: multiple tears and holes. The signs of aging are appropriate for the time. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Museums and Libraries: Rimmer's sculpture Mermaid is in Boston's Museum of Fine Arts collection.
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: American School XIX C. American School XX C.
Note: She wrote Figure Drawing for Children, originally published in 1893, republished as recently as 2013.
Acknowledgement: This entry incorporates text from Wikipedia.