Art, literature & history
Speke Hall: The Avenue
1870–1878
- Dating
- Date range
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Etching and drypoint with foul biting in dark brown ink on ivory laid paper
- Dimensions
- Plate: 22.6 × 15.1 cm (8 15/16 × 6 in.); Sheet: 31.8 × 20 cm (12 9/16 × 7 7/8 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1938.1930
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
James Abbott McNeill Whistler. Speke Hall: The Avenue. Art Institute of Chicago. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
Speke Hall: The Avenue — James Abbott McNeill Whistler. 1870–1878.
Medium: Etching and drypoint with foul biting in dark brown ink on ivory laid paper. Dimensions: Plate: 22.6 × 15.1 cm (8 15/16 × 6 in.); Sheet: 31.8 × 20 cm (12 9/16 × 7 7/8 in.).
Collection record: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.