The plaque depicts the Château de Chillon, a medieval castle set on an island in Lake Geneva, with Mont Blanc in the background. Chillon was a source of inspiration to the English Romantics, especially Lord Byron whose Prisoner of Chillon was inspired by its use as a prison during the 16th-century Wars of Religion. Byron’s evocation of tormented solitude is ...
Dimensions: H 1 x W 1 3/4 in. #878
Dimensions: H 7/8 x L 1 7/8 in. #1119
Length: 2 3/8 in. #1120
Dimensions: H 2 5/8 x D 5/8 in. #112
Dimensions: H 3/4 x L 1 3/4 in. #1118
Dimensions: H 2 x W 1 3/8 in. #675
Overall dimensions: H 7/8 x W 2 5/8 x D 3/8 in. Gross weight: 9.5 dwt. #1180
Dimensions: H 4 3/4 x D 3/4 in. #BN354
Overall dimensions: H 6 1/2 x W 14 x D 8 in. Gross weight: 40 troy ounces. #BT943
Size: 4 1/2. Weight: 2.1 dwt (3.2 g). #1221
Dimensions: L 2 1/4 x W 1 1/2 in. Approximate weight: 12.7 dwt. #1208
Dimensions: H 2 1/8 x W 1 3/4 in. #1157
Dimensions: H 1 5/8 x W 1 3/8 x D 1/2 in. Total weight: 15.4 dwt. #896
Length: 32 in. Weight: 21.7 dwt/33.8 g. #1232