Keywords: Painting of Syon House.jpg author painting cm A painting of Syon House dating from before Robert Adam and Capability Brown were employed to modernise the house and garden in around 1760 However no major changes were made to the external structure of the building There are various distortions in this painting the house is shown closer to the river than it really is and either the river is shown too small or the boats too large or both credit line Anon Syon Derby English Life Publications 1987 front cover < 1760 PD-Art Other versions PD-Art Syon House in art |