FDA-E.1810-2015
Parts
Object number
FDA-E.1810-2015
Object type
Identification
Title
Detail, or parts at large of the Gateway fronting the great west road
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
The above title is taken from the 2 sheets of printed text which accompany the plate from the volume (see References). The text also contains further explanation of the plates
Description
Content (place)
London
Dimensions
height (actual size): 610mm
width (actual size): 452mm
width (actual size): 452mm
Dimension note
Dimensions for plate size
Inscription
Lettered top right 'Plate II'
Lettered in English and French, 'Parts at Large of the Gateway at Sion', 'Entablature and Capital of the open Collonade, shew- / ing the lamps over the Columns', 'Patera in the Spandrels of the Great Arch', 'Profile of the Key Stone', 'Front of the Keystone and part of Archivolt', 'Order and ornamented Pilasters, on / each side of the Center Arch', 'Iron Rail in the Inter Columnations of the Gateway', 'Vases in the Niches of / the Porters Lodges'
Inscribed in pencil on reverse 'Sion / Adam pl.II'
Lettered in English and French, 'Parts at Large of the Gateway at Sion', 'Entablature and Capital of the open Collonade, shew- / ing the lamps over the Columns', 'Patera in the Spandrels of the Great Arch', 'Profile of the Key Stone', 'Front of the Keystone and part of Archivolt', 'Order and ornamented Pilasters, on / each side of the Center Arch', 'Iron Rail in the Inter Columnations of the Gateway', 'Vases in the Niches of / the Porters Lodges'
Inscribed in pencil on reverse 'Sion / Adam pl.II'
Physical description
Plate mark
Production
Person
Date
1773-1778
History and association
References
• Adam, R., and James Adam, The Works in Architecture of Robert and James Adam, Esquires, Vol. I., London, 1773-1778
