Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Robert Adam, 1728–1792, British
Title:
Headfort House, Ireland: Section of the Staircase
Date:
1771 or 1772
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite, gray wash, pen and black and brown ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 21 1/4 x 14 1/2 inches (54 x 36.8 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, upper center; "Section of one side of the Staircase next the Hall"; in pen and brown ink, lower center, bar scale labeled; inscribed on verso in graphite, lower right: "7"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.2.798
Classification:
Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
doors | chariots (ancient vehicles) | Neoclassical | frames (furnishings) | rosettes | architectural subject | balustrades | sphinx | staircases | stairs
Associated Places:
Ireland | Kells | Headfort House
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)

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, 11, no. 15, NA7625 .H43 H37 + Oversize (YCBA)

Scott Wilcox, Line of beauty : British drawings and watercolors of the eighteenth century, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2001, no. 121, NC228 W53 2001 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:12205