. Studio international . .J. z < of Sz JS 5^ < Z ^, U. UJ ^ : O m Turner at Farnley Hal! T URXER AT FARNLEY 11 ALEXANDER J. FIXBERG. Farnley Hall stands on a slope on thenorth side of the River Wharfe, about half-waybetween Harewood Castle and Ilkley. It com-mands a number of magnificent views of thebeautiful valley of the Wharfe. Standing on theterrace in front of the house one can see downbelow the swift-running, eddying river hurryingover its stony bed. To the left, in the distance,above the tall elms in the park, the rocky shouldersof Great Alms Cliff may be seen. On the right
. Studio international . .J. z < of Sz JS 5^ < Z ^, U. UJ ^ : O m Turner at Farnley Hal! T URXER AT FARNLEY 11 ALEXANDER J. FIXBERG. Farnley Hall stands on a slope on thenorth side of the River Wharfe, about half-waybetween Harewood Castle and Ilkley. It com-mands a number of magnificent views of thebeautiful valley of the Wharfe. Standing on theterrace in front of the house one can see downbelow the swift-running, eddying river hurryingover its stony bed. To the left, in the distance,above the tall elms in the park, the rocky shouldersof Great Alms Cliff may be seen. On the right,about two miles away, one can just catch glimpsesof the chimneys and roofs of Otley. Behind andabove the house loom the Farnley moors andquarries. Across the gleaming waters of theWharfe stretches the wild craggy sweep of the over-hanging hill called the Otley Chevin. A hundredyears ago the deer wandered among the shadowsof the spruce firs that crown its heights, but theyhave all disappeared now that the new road fromLeeds
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