Robert Adam, 1728–1792, British, Headfort House, Ireland: Ceiling of the Front Hall, 1771
- Title:
- Headfort House, Ireland: Ceiling of the Front Hall
- Additional Title(s):
- Design of a Cieling for the Hall. For the Right Hon.ble The Earl of Bective.
- Date:
- 1771
- Materials & Techniques:
- Pen and black and brown ink with gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 14 3/8 x 20 inches (36.5 x 50.8 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, upper center: "Design of a cieling for the Hall. For the Right Hon.ble The Earl of Bective."; in pen and black ink on bottom center with scale, marked in feet; in pen and brown ink lower left: "Robt Adam Archt. 1771"; inscribed on verso in pen and brown ink, bottom left: "The Ceiling of my Hall at Headfort"
Signed and dated in pen and brown ink, lower left: "Robt Adam Archt. 1771."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1975.2.785
- Classification:
- Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- architectural subject | ceilings | grotesques | halls | Neoclassical
- Associated Places:
- Headfort House | Ireland | Kells
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:12193
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City Dwellings and Country Houses - Robert Adam and his Style (Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, 1982-01-19 - 1982-04-11) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
City dwellings and country houses, Robert Adam and his style. , Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, New York, 1982, NJ18 Ad3 C66 (Haas)+ Oversize [ORBIS]
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