Robert Adam, 1728–1792, British, Headfort House, Ireland: Elevation of the Eating Parlor, 1771
- Title:
- Headfort House, Ireland: Elevation of the Eating Parlor
- Date:
- 1771
- Materials & Techniques:
- Pen and black ink with gray wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 14 9/16 x 25 9/16 inches (37 x 65 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, upper center: "Design for finishing the Window Side of the Eating Parlor"; in pen and brown ink, left, dimensions given; in pen and brown ink, lower center, bar scale: "Scale of 10", "5", "0", "10", "20", "30 Feet"; inscribed on verso, lower left: "Window side of my Parlour"
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:
- B1975.2.792
- Classification:
- Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- architectural subject | ceiling | dining room | friezes | Neoclassical | parlor | pier glasses | relief | scale (rule) | windows
- Associated Places:
- Headfort House | Ireland | Kells | Leinster | Meath
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:34515
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