Robert Adam, 1728–1792, British, Headfort House, Ireland: Elevation of One End of the Parlor, between 1771 and 1775
- Title:
- Headfort House, Ireland: Elevation of One End of the Parlor
- Date:
- between 1771 and 1775
- Materials & Techniques:
- Graphite, pen and black ink and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 15 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches (39.4 x 31.8 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper left: "Pink [around?] | Light Green | Dark Pink | Light Green"; in graphite, lower right: "Dark pink"; in graphite, lower center: "white | Dark green"; in pen and brown ink, lower center: "how to finish one end of The Parlour | next the Salloon"; inscribed on verso in graphite, right: "9"
Collector's mark, verso: Paul Mellon
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1975.2.790
- Classification:
- Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- architectural subject | dining rooms | doors | frames (furnishings) | grotesques | Neoclassical | walls
- 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:12198
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Georgian Group, Robert Adam and His Brothers: New Light on Britain's leading Architectural Family, Historic England, Swindon, p. 151, fig. 6.7, NJ18.Ad3 G46 2019 (LC) Oversize (YCBA) [YCBA]
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