Headfort House, Ireland: Detail of Entablature in the Staircase
Date:
between 1771 and 1775
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black and brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper mounted on canvas
Dimensions:
Sheet: 21 1/8 x 25 15/16 inches (53.6 x 65.9 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, lower left: "Entablature for the Doors in the bottom part of Staircase | for Lord Bective | NB: This same Entablature will answer for the Doors in the upper part | of Staircase with the friezes fluted."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Leinster | Meath | Headfort House | Kells | Ireland
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. 153, 6.10, NJ18.Ad3 G46 2019 (LC) Oversize (YCBA)