Yale Center for British Art

Creator:: Robert Adam, 1728–1792, British
Title:: Study for a Stable Court of Kirkdale, Wigtownshire, Scotland
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: "[...]"
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:: castle | trees | hills | mountains | walls | steeple | travel | riders, horseback | children | men | women | walking | paths | hats | study (visual work) | staff | landscape | genre subject | architectural subject | cattle | cows | livestock | horses (animals) | grazing
Associated Places:: Kirkdale | Wigtownshire | Dumfries and Galloway | Scotland | United Kingdom
Currently On View:: Not on view
Exhibition History:: British Architectural Drawings (Yale Center for British Art) (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-04-21 - 1982-05-30)
Country Houses in Great Britain - Yale Center for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1979-10-10 - 1980-01-29)
Publications:: Country houses in Great Britain., Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1979, pp. 76, 114, no. 63, N6764 Y34 1979 (YCBA)
Link:: https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:12038