Headfort House, Ireland: Elevation of 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"
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:
dining room | architectural subject | Neoclassical | Graces (Charites), generally three in number; 'Gratie' (Ripa) | Corinthian order | festoons | rosettes | terms (sculpture) | acanthus | chimney pieces | mantlepieces | columns | fireplace | scale
Associated Places:
Leinster | Headfort House | Meath | Kells | Ireland
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)Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
Publications:
William Laffan, Ireland : crossroads of art and design, 1690-1840, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, 2015, p. 225, no. 1, no. 1, N6787 .I74 2015 OVERSIZE (YCBA)Paul Mellon's Legacy : a passion for British art [large print labels], , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2007, v. 2, N5220 M552 P381 2007 OVERSIZE (YCBA)