Graphite, watercolor, pen and black and brown ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper mounted on linen
Dimensions:
Sheet: 19 7/16 x 25 3/16 inches (49.3 x 64 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, upper center: "Design of a Cieling for the Saloon. For The Right Honble. The Earl of Bective."; in pen and brown ink, lower center: "Cornice"; in pen and brown ink, bar scale labeled: "Scale of" "0" to "10", "20 feet"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.2.797
Classification:
Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
Neoclassical | scale (rule) | saloon | ceiling | Graces (Charites), generally three in number; 'Gratie' (Ripa) | architectural subject | friezes
Associated Places:
Leinster | Headfort House | Kells | Ireland | Meath
Currently On View:
Not on view
Publications:
Richard Ireland, Headfort, a Robert Adam designed house interior rediscovered , Journal of Architectural Conservation, vol. 17, no. 1, March, 2011, pp. 63,65,74, fig. 5, V 2318 (YCBA)