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Robert Adam, 1728–1792, British, Headfort House, Ireland: Lady's Room Ceiling, 1772
- Title:
- Headfort House, Ireland: Lady's Room Ceiling
- Additional Title(s):
- Design of a Ceiling for the Lady's Room over the Saloon for the Right Honble. Earl of Bective
- Date:
- 1772
- Materials & Techniques:
- Graphic, watercolor with pen and black ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 17 3/8 x 22 3/16 inches (44.1 x 56.3 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, upper center: "Design of a Cieling for the Lady's Room over the Saloon. For His Right Honble. The Earl of Bective."; lower center: "Cornice" | labeled scale; inscribed on verso, center right: "Ceiling for the Room over The Saloon | A Design for A Ceiling for the Room over the Saloon at Headfort"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1975.2.805
- Classification:
- Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- anthemions | architectural subject | ceiling | festoons | friezes | Graces (Charites), generally three in number; 'Gratie' (Ripa) | griffins | Neoclassical | rosettes | saloon | scale (rule) | urns | women
- Associated Places:
- Headfort House | Ireland | Kells | Leinster | Meath
- 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:12214
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The Spirit of Antiquity - Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Robert Adam, and Charles-Louis Clerisseau (Washington University Gallery of Art, 1984-10-07 - 1984-11-25) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
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