FDA-E.1815-2015
Parts
Object number
FDA-E.1815-2015
Object type
Identification
Title
Detail, or parts of the Hall [at Sion] at large
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
The title is taken from 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): 600mm
width (actual size): 454mm
width (actual size): 454mm
Dimension note
Dimensions for plate size
Inscription
Lettered top left 'Plate VII'
Lettered in English and French, 'Order of the lower range / of Windows in the Hall', 'Trophies in the pannels under the Windows of the Hall', 'Entablature of the upper / range of Windows in the / Hall, the Cornice of which goes / quite round the Room', 'Consol which supports / the Columns', 'Vase in the pannels on each side of the Door going into the Anti Room of the Great Apartment', 'Profile of the Columns and Consols'
Inscribed in pencil on reverse 'Sion / Adam pl.VII'
Lettered in English and French, 'Order of the lower range / of Windows in the Hall', 'Trophies in the pannels under the Windows of the Hall', 'Entablature of the upper / range of Windows in the / Hall, the Cornice of which goes / quite round the Room', 'Consol which supports / the Columns', 'Vase in the pannels on each side of the Door going into the Anti Room of the Great Apartment', 'Profile of the Columns and Consols'
Inscribed in pencil on reverse 'Sion / Adam pl.VII'
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
