Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Robert Adam, 1728–1792, British

George Richardson, ca.1738–ca.1813, British
Title:
Headfort House, Ireland: Section of One End of the Parlor
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink with gray wash on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 1/2 x 20 inches (36.8 x 50.8 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, upper center: "Section of one End of the Parlor"; in pen and brown ink, lower center: "Scale of", "5", "10", "0", "10 feet"; in pen and brown ink, throughout, dimensions given
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.2.788
Classification:
Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
paintings | frames (furnishings) | parlors | doors | walls | Neoclassical | architectural subject
Associated Places:
Headfort House | Ireland | Kells
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Ireland - Art on a World Stage 1690-1840 (The Art Institute of Chicago, 2015-03-17 - 2015-06-07)

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

William Laffan, Ireland : crossroads of art and design, 1690-1840, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, 2015, pp. 108, 109, 225, no. 3, fig. 17 (p. 108), N6787 .I74 2015 OVERSIZE (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:12196