Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Robert Adam, 1728–1792, British

George Richardson, ca.1738–ca.1813, British
Title:
Headfort House, Ireland: Elevation of the Eating Parlor
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink with gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 1/2 × 25 5/8 inches (36.8 × 65.1 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, upper center: "Design for finishing the Chimney Side of the Eating Parlor. For the Right Hon.ble The Earl of Bective."; in pen and brown ink, lower center, scale labeled: "Scale of 10", "5", "0", "10", "20", "30 feet"; inscribed on verso in graphite, lower right: "20"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.2.793
Classification:
Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
dining rooms | putti | paintings | anthemions | Neoclassical | architectural subject | Janisseries | ships | chimney pieces | doors | fireplaces | bridge (built work)
Associated Places:
Ireland | Headfort House | Meath | Kells
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Ireland - Art on a World Stage 1690-1840 (The Art Institute of Chicago, 2015-03-17 - 2015-06-07)

The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)

The Architect and the British Country House (The Octagon Museum, 1985-11-05 - 1986-04-06)

The Architect and the British Country House (National Academy Museum & School, 1986-05-04 - 1986-06-20)

The Architect and the British Country House (High Museum of Art, 1986-08-03 - 1986-09-27)

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)+ Oversize

John Harris, Headfort House & Robert Adam : drawings from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, Royal Institute of British Architects, London, 1973, pp. 1-2, 12-13, no. 22, NA7625 .H43 H37 + Oversize (YCBA)

John Harris, The architect and the British country house, 1620-1920, American Institute of Architects Press, Washington, DC, 1985, p. 165, fig. 45, NA7620 .H37 + Oversize (YCBA)

Richard Ireland, Headfort, a Robert Adam designed house interior rediscovered , Journal of Architectural Conservation, vol. 17, no. 1, March, 2011, pp.63, 64, fig. 3, V 2318 (YCBA)

William Laffan, Ireland : crossroads of art and design, 1690-1840, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, 2015, pp. 108, 109., 225, no. 2, fig. 16 ( p. 108), N6787 .I74 2015 OVERSIZE (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. 10, NJ18 P66 S75 (YCBA)

Scott Wilcox, Line of beauty : British drawings and watercolors of the eighteenth century, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2001, pp. 142-3, no. 120, NC228 W53 2001 (YCBA)

Eric R. Wolterstorff, British architectural drawings, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Conn., 1982, no. 2, V 0251 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:12200