Speke Hall, no. 1
Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

Speke Hall, no. 1

Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903 · 1870

CC0 — Public Domain
Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

A broad avenue leads to a long half-timbered house with five front gables, seen beyond tall leafless trees. Speke Hall is a famous old house on Speke Manor near Liverpool. During the time Whistler was in relations with F. R. Leyland it belonged to a ward of Leyland.

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