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- Title:
- Headfort House, Ireland: Elevation of the Eating Parlor
- Additional Title(s):
- Design of a Chimney Piece for the Eating Parlor
- Date:
- 1771
- Materials & Techniques:
- Pen and black and brown ink, gray wash and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, white laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 25 11/16 x 14 9/16 inches (65.2 x 37 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, upper center: "Design of a Chimney Piece for the Eating Parlor"; in pen and brown ink, left, dimensions given; in pen and brown ink, lower center, bar scale: "Scale of 12", "9", '6", "3", "0", and "1" to "5 feet"
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:
- B1975.2.794
- Classification:
- Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- acanthus | architectural subject | chimney pieces | columns | Corinthian order | dining room | festoons | fireplace | Graces (Charites), generally three in number; 'Gratie' (Ripa) | mantlepieces | Neoclassical | rosettes | scale | terms (sculpture)
- Associated Places:
- Headfort House | Ireland | Kells | Leinster | Meath
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:12201
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