Yale Center for British Art

Creator:: Robert Adam, 1728–1792, British
Title:: Headfort House, Ireland: Elevation of One End of the Parlor
Date:: between 1771 and 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, pen and black ink and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches (39.4 x 31.8 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:: Inscribed in graphite, upper left: "Pink [around?] | Light Green | Dark Pink | Light Green"; in graphite, lower right: "Dark pink"; in graphite, lower center: "white | Dark green"; in pen and brown ink, lower center: "how to finish one end of The Parlour | next the Salloon"; inscribed on verso in graphite, right: "9"
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:: Public Domain
Accession Number:: B1975.2.790
Classification:: Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:: dining rooms | grotesques | Neoclassical | walls | frames (furnishings) | architectural subject | doors
Associated Places:: Ireland | Headfort House | Kells
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. 151, fig. 6.7, NJ18.Ad3 G46 2019 (LC) Oversize (YCBA)
Link:: https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:12198