Yale Center for British Art

Creator:: Robert Adam, 1728–1792, British
Title:: Headfort House: Staircase Entablature
Date:: 1772
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper mounted on linen
Dimensions:: Sheet: 25 15/16 x 21 1/4 inches (65.9 x 54 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:: Inscribed in pen and brown ink, lower center: "Entablature for the staircase for Lord Bective"
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:: Public Domain
Accession Number:: B1975.2.235
Classification:: Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:: staircase | moldings | entablature | bucrania | Neoclassical | heads | architectural subject
Associated Places:: Headfort House | Leinster | Ireland | Kells | Meath
Currently On View:: Not on view
Publications:: Georgian Group, Robert Adam and His Brothers: New Light on Britain's leading Architectural Family, Historic England, Swindon, p. 153, fig. 6.11, NJ18.Ad3 G46 2019 (LC) Oversize (YCBA)
Link:: https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:34509