Robert Adam, 1728–1792, British, Study for a Stable Court of Kirkdale, Wigtownshire, Scotland, between 1770 and 1780
- Title:
- Study for a Stable Court of Kirkdale, Wigtownshire, Scotland
- Former Title(s):
- A Castellated Country House in a Landscape
- Additional Title(s):
- A Castellated Country House in a Landscape
- Date:
- between 1770 and 1780
- Materials & Techniques:
- Watercolor, pen and black ink, gouache, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 11 7/8 × 18 5/8 inches (30.2 × 47.3 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, verso, lower left: "61"; inscribed in graphite, verso, lower right: "ROBERT ADAM: A CASTELLATED COUNTRY HOUSE | IN A LANDSCAPE"; inscribed in pen with red ink, verso, lower right: "[PP]" overlapping; inscribed in pen with brown ink, verso, lower right: "[...]"
Watermark: "GR"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1975.2.149
- Classification:
- Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- architectural subject | castle | cattle | children | cows | genre subject | grazing | hats | hills | horses (animals) | landscape | livestock | men | mountains | paths | riders, horseback | staff | steeple | study (visual work) | travel | trees | walking | walls | women
- Associated Places:
- Dumfries and Galloway | Kirkdale | Scotland | United Kingdom | Wigtownshire
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:12038
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British Architectural Drawings (Yale Center for British Art) (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-04-21 - 1982-05-30) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
Country Houses in Great Britain - Yale Center for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1979-10-10 - 1980-01-29) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
Country houses in Great Britain., Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1979, pp. 76, 114, no. 63, N6764 Y34 1979 (YCBA) [YCBA]
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