The trouble with the Albany and similar looking lanterns from other manufacturers is that the diameter of the canopy is too large, the lantern is too tall and then a deep teardrop bowl is fitted making it even more all out of proportion.Very true. With the one I have, I finished my work on it and got it installed inside my cabin... stood back and thought "bl**dy hell! that's way bigger than I was expecting" Just the small albany on a wall bracket has a total height of roughly a meter... and the max diameter isn't far off that either. It's certainly bigger than the WRTL2000's and my Urbis K-Lux, which in themselves are pretty big lanterns. It is the canopy that gets in the way... if the canopy was inline with the outer diameter of the 'neck' area where the gear is held, complete with a more shallow profile bowl, it'd look a bit more respectable. As it stands too, the deep bowl on these albanies isn't great for cutting out light pollution.
I will need to get some pictures, but in a West Sussex Village there are some "Albany type" lanterns on 5m swan neck brackets and they truly look awful. The type of bracket would suit a GEC 5590 but not an Albany type lantern which is far too big. The only redeeming feature is they run MH and not SON!We have something similar in one part of the city here. They really do not look right.