Headfort House, Ireland: Elevations of the Front Hall
Date:
between 1771 and 1775
Materials & Techniques:
Pen with black ink and gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper mounted on canvas
Dimensions:
Sheet: 36 1/8 x 23 15/16 inches (91.8 x 60.8 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, upper center: "Design for finishing the four sides of the Hall. For the Right Honorable The Earl of Bective."; in pen and brown ink, center, dimensions given; in pen and brown ink, lower center, scale labeled; on sheet attached to back of mount, lower left: "Section of my Hall-"; on back of sheet attached to back of mount, lower left: "Hall Design-"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.2.786
Classification:
Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
elevation (drawing) | scale (rule) | urns | hall | fireplace | doors | chimney pieces | friezes | windows | niches | caryatids | Neoclassical | grotesques | architectural subject | Graces (Charites), generally three in number; 'Gratie' (Ripa)
Associated Places:
Headfort House | Kells | Meath | Leinster | Ireland
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
The Spirit of Antiquity - Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Robert Adam, and Charles-Louis Clerisseau (Washington University Gallery of Art, 1984-10-07 - 1984-11-25)City Dwellings and Country Houses - Robert Adam and his Style (Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, 1982-01-19 - 1982-04-11)
Publications:
City dwellings and country houses, Robert Adam and his style. , Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, New York, 1982, NJ18 Ad3 C66 (Haas)+ OversizeDesmond Guinness, Irish houses & castles, Crescent Books, New York, 1971, p. 10, DA985 G85 1971 + (YCBA)Giovanni Piranesi, The Spirit of antiquity, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Robert Adam, and Charles-Louis Clérisseau ; October 7 to November 25, 1984, Washington University Gallery of Art, St. Louis, Missouri , Washington University Gallery of Art, St. Louis, 1984, no. 11, NJ18 P66 S75 (YCBA)