Speke Hall |  Freer Gallery of Art (1898.403) | |
| Number: | 140 | |
| Date: | 1875 | |
| Medium: | drypoint | |
| Size: | 178 x 302 mm | |
| Signed: | no | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 2 | |
| Known impressions: | 3 | |
| Catalogues: | K.143; M.141 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (3) | ||
Speke Hall dates from 1875. An impression was inscribed '1st proof' and dated '1875' (
).
).Whistler stayed at Speke Hall near Liverpool several times including January to March 1875. On 1 February 1875 he wrote from Speke:
'The etchings and drypoints are getting on famously - I have quite got back into my old delight in the work and think I shall have some pretty things to show you soon -
' 1
1: GUW #07565.
He was working on five etchings of Speke Hall and the vicinity, including Shipbuilder's Yard (K.146), The Little Forge (K.147), Speke Shore (K.144), and The Dam Wood (K. 145).