The photo probably dates from the 1930s
This picture is taken from the shore of Windermere and probably dates from the 1930s when the steam yacht, Esperance, was being used as a houseboat.
Built in 1869 for Henry Schneider of the Belsfield in Bowness, this is how Esperance would have looked when Arthur Ransome encountered her and decided to immortalise her as Captain Flint's houseboat in his celebrated book Swallows and Amazons.
If you have any information about this image reference: 2002.8.269 visit jarnold@lakelandarts. org.uk The entire collection can be viewed at www.lakelandmuseum. org.uk/hardman
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