Plate 2. A Comparison of the Several Antique Orders

By this combination the reader is given an idea of the extent of the main subject of our consideration. On this plate will be found the orders of the most exquisite monuments in existence, drawn to a uniform scale. The two scales at the lower margin (in Paris and in metres) will serve to ascertain the measurements.

In the first row we find Grecian Doric, and in the second, three of the Roman Doric orders. The third row shows two Grecian and three Roman examples of the Ionic Order. The Corinthian order is shown in the remaining lines, the smallest one belonging to the Grecian art and the remainder to the Roman. The three middle examples in the last row are as a rule credited to a variation of the Corinthian style.

Besides the schedule at the bottom of the plate we add a few additional examp[les] (Paris feet):

Column from the monument of Emperor Alexander at St. Petersburg — diameter […]; height 88'-0"; pedestal 24'-0".

Column from the Brandenburg Gate at Berlin — diameter 5'-6"; height […]; entablature 9'-5".