The portrait on the right is of Mrs. Lydia Robinson - wife of the Reverend Edmund Robinson - Anne and Branwell's employer at Thorp Green Hall. It was Branwell's affair with Mrs. Robinson that eventually resulted in his dismissal, and the whole episode is generally accepted as being the main cause of his gradual decline which ultimately led to his death. All the evidence suggests that Lydia Robinson played the leading role in instigating and furthering their affair. Charlotte's friend and biographer, Elizabeth Gaskell, referred to her as 'that bad woman who corrupted Branwell Brontë'.

We will continue moving to our left, and a little way after passing what would have been the front of Thorp Green Hall we will turn slightly more than 90° to the right . . .
We are now viewing the pond, from just below, what would have been Anne's/Agnes' bedroom window.
OK. We'll leave the pond by the pathway opposite (on the left), and keep walking in that direction for about 100 yards . . .