Speke Hall | ||
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) |
KEYWORD
architecture, building, Elizabethan, garden, half-timbered, landscape, people, tree.
TITLE
There are minor variations in the title, as follows:
'Speke Hall' (1870s, possibly Whistler). 2
'Speke Hall. No. 2' (1909, Howard Mansfield (1849-1938)). 3
'Speke Hall, No. 2' (1910, Edward Guthrie Kennedy (1849-1932)). 4
Whistler's title, 'Speke Hall', is sufficient to distinguish this drypoint from Speke Hall: The Avenue [101], which was called 'Speke Hall, No. 1' by Kennedy.
'Speke Hall' (1870s, possibly Whistler). 2
'Speke Hall. No. 2' (1909, Howard Mansfield (1849-1938)). 3
'Speke Hall, No. 2' (1910, Edward Guthrie Kennedy (1849-1932)). 4
Whistler's title, 'Speke Hall', is sufficient to distinguish this drypoint from Speke Hall: The Avenue [101], which was called 'Speke Hall, No. 1' by Kennedy.
DESCRIPTION
In the background is a half-timbered house with four gables in front and a gable and two chimneys at the left. Poles project from the apex of three gables. In the foreground is a garden, with a shrubbery at the left and trees at the right. In the foreground at far right is a tree with two long bare branches projecting to the left.
SITE
Speke Hall is a fine timber-framed house on Speke Manor near Liverpool in north west England. It dates from 1490-1612, and was the home of the Norris, Beauclerk and finally the Watts families. It was leased to Frederick Richards Leyland (1832-1892), between 1867-1878, and he had restoration work carried out on the ground floor. The house passed to the National Trust in 1943. 5
Whistler made three etchings that have 'Speke' in the title, and were done outdoors: this one, Speke Hall: The Avenue [101], and Speke Shore [139].
Whistler made three etchings that have 'Speke' in the title, and were done outdoors: this one, Speke Hall: The Avenue [101], and Speke Shore [139].
5: http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk (accessed 2008).