[Two designs for doorcases]

[by Michael Stapleton].
[graphic].
Bibliographic Details
Main Creator: Stapleton, Michael, 1747-1801, stuccodore
Summary:Ink with grey and indian ink washes on laid paper (IV). See entry for Plate 127, p. 259 of 'The Stapleton Collection: Designs for the Irish neoclassical interior'. Conor Lucey (2007). Tralee: Churchill Press' - "Two designs for doorcases. These designs, featuring engaged Ionic columns, fluted friezes, plaster archivolts and Adamesque fanlights, are typical of Dublin townhouses built in the last decades of the eighteenth-century". Constatine Curran (1880-1972) acquired the Stapleton drawings for the Friends of the National Collections who donated them to the NLI in 1940.
Format: Prints & Drawings
Language:English
Published / Created: [n.d., between ca. 1760 and 1800].
Subjects:
Notes:Physical description: 2 drawings on 1 sheet : ink with grey and indian ink washes, 29.5 x 43.8 cm..

Citations/References: 'The Stapleton Collection: Designs for the Irish neoclassical interior'. Conor Lucey (2007). Tralee: Churchill Press. Plate 118, p. 245.

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