Adam

This sculpture depicts the biblical figure Adam, the first man, and is carved out of a single block of alabaster.

The sculpture’s style was influenced by Epstein’s interest in African and Polynesian art.

For many years, Adam was displayed as a curiosity at Louis Tussauds in Blackpool but was rescued by the 7th Earl in the 1960s, whilst producing an exhibition about Epstein for the Edinburgh Festival.

Adam has been displayed in the Hall at Harewood since 1976 and today stands as a reminder of the Lascelles family’s continued patronage of contemporary artists through the centuries.

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Entrance Hall

A grand room with faux-marble columns lining the walls and an intricate plasterwork ceiling painted in pastel colours. A large human alabaster sculpture stands in the centre of the room.

Entrance Hall

The Entrance Hall is designed to look like the inside of a Greco-Roman temple, with twelve painted half-columns lining the…

Entrance Hall

Explore our Collections

Harewood House Trust, boasts an incredible collection of furniture, ceramics, and paintings, as well as gardens and grounds brimming with plants from around the world.

An elaborate white and blue painted chair next to a carved mahogany side table upon which stands a bronze lamp.

British Furniture

Thomas Chippendale is Britain’s most famous eighteenth-century furniture maker. Located just a few miles away from his birthplace in Otley, Harewood House contains one of the largest collections of his furniture anywhere in the world, and is today renowned as his most magnificent commission.

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A grand long Gallery displaying an array of paintings by masters of the Italian Renaissance. Thomas Chippendale gilded mirrors cover one wall, reflecting sunlight towards the paintins. Golden lamps light up the Robert Adam ceilings which are decorated with scenes of greek mythology.

Italian Old Masters

Harewood House is home to one of the greatest 20th-century collections of Italian Renaissance paintings in Britain.

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British Portraiture

Harewood House is home to over 300 portraits. From Sir Joshua Reynolds and Thomas Gainsborough to Sir Alfred Munnings and…

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Sino-Himalayan Plants

Harewood is renowned for its beautiful gardens and inspiring planting schemes. The Himalayan Garden contains many rare and unusual plants, many of which were introduced by intrepid plant explorers, and include Blue Poppies, Cobra Lilies, Primulas and Orchids.

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