Headfort House, Ireland: Ceiling of the Front Hall
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black and brown ink with gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 3/8 x 20 inches (36.5 x 50.8 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, upper center: "Design of a cieling for the Hall. For the Right Hon.ble The Earl of Bective."; in pen and black ink on bottom center with scale, marked in feet; in pen and brown ink lower left: "Robt Adam Archt. 1771"; inscribed on verso in pen and brown ink, bottom left: "The Ceiling of my Hall at Headfort"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection