William Leighton Leitch, Piazza del Duomo, Messina, Sicily

William Leighton Leitch

British · 1804–1883 · Painter, Draughtsman

William Leighton Leitch was a Scottish landscape watercolourist and illustrator. He was Drawing Master to Queen Victoria for 22 years. He was Vice President of the Royal… (Wikipedia)

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  1. William Leighton Leitch, A VIEW OF LAKE COMO, watercolourA VIEW OF LAKE COMOLyon & Turnbull · £375≈ $509≈ €441Sign up to see
  2. William Leighton Leitch, Glen Sheil, watercolourGlen SheilChorley's · £180≈ $241≈ €212Sign up to see
  3. William Leighton Leitch, Highland Cattle By A Ruined Castle, Possibly Kilchurn Castle, Pencil, pen, brown ink and washHighland Cattle By A Ruined Castle, Possibly Kilchurn CastleElstob & Elstob · £130≈ $162≈ €150Sign up to see

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William Leighton Leitch was a Scottish landscape watercolourist and illustrator. He was Drawing Master to Queen Victoria for 22 years. He was Vice President of the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours, on Pall Mall, London, for twenty years.

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Born 1804, GlasgowDied 1883, LondonOccupation Painter, DraughtsmanWikidata Q2579723 ↗ULAN 500024226 ↗Museum works 19

Also known as william leitch

Works in museum collections

Open-access images (public domain, CC0 or CC BY) from museum collections, each shown with its credit line and licence.

William Leighton Leitch, Piazza del Duomo, Messina, Sicily
Piazza del Duomo, Messina, Sicily1835–36 · Graphite with white heightening
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Roberta J.M. Olson and Alexander B.V.…
William Leighton Leitch, A Parkland View at Dusk
A Parkland View at Duskca. 1879 · Watercolor and graphite
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Didier Aaron Inc. Gift, 2003 — Open…
William Leighton Leitch, A Ruined Castle on a Lake
A Ruined Castle on a Lake1881 · watercolor over graphite on wove paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of William B. O'Neal — Open Access …
William Leighton Leitch, Schotse dennenboom
Schotse dennenboom1814 - 1883
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam ↗
Public domain · Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam — public domain
William Leighton Leitch, The Upper Terrace at Osborne
The Upper Terrace at Osborne1849
Royal Collection ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Royal Collection
William Leighton Leitch, The Birth of Belphoebe and Amoret
The Birth of Belphoebe and Amoret1849
Royal Collection ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Royal Collection
William Leighton Leitch, A Ruined Castle on a Lake
A Ruined Castle on a Lake1881
Wikimedia Commons ↗
CC0 · William Leighton Leitch, via Wikimedia Commons (CC0)
William Leighton Leitch, Castallemare
Castallemare1836
Yale Center for British Art ↗
CC0 · William Leighton Leitch, via Wikimedia Commons (CC0) — Yale Center for Britis…
William Leighton Leitch, Castletown Harbour, Isle of Man
Castletown Harbour, Isle of Man
Yale Center for British Art ↗
CC0 · William Leighton Leitch, via Wikimedia Commons (CC0) — Yale Center for Britis…
William Leighton Leitch, Mist on the Downs
Mist on the Downs
Yale Center for British Art ↗
CC0 · William Leighton Leitch, via Wikimedia Commons (CC0) — Yale Center for Britis…
William Leighton Leitch, Porta S. Giovanni, Rome
Porta S. Giovanni, Rome1837
Yale Center for British Art ↗
CC0 · William Leighton Leitch, via Wikimedia Commons (CC0) — Yale Center for Britis…
William Leighton Leitch, The Villa Fountain
The Villa Fountain
Wikimedia Commons ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain)
William Leighton Leitch, Paestum
Paestumc. 1840 · Graphite, heightened with white gouache, on light gray-brown wove paper, laid down on white wove tissue paper
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection — publi…
William Leighton Leitch, On the Thames
On the Thamesn.d. · Pen and brown ink on ivory wove paper, laid down on board
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection — publi…
William Leighton Leitch, Dunfermline
DunfermlineMarch 2, 1847 · Pen and brown ink and graphite on ivory wove paper, laid down on board
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection — publi…
William Leighton Leitch, On the Thames
On the Thamesn.d. · Pen and brown ink on ivory wove paper, laid down on board
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection — publi…
William Leighton Leitch, The Bars from Tantallon, Scotland
The Bars from Tantallon, Scotland1863 · Graphite, with stumping, and pen and brown and black ink, on tan wove paper, laid down on cream board
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection — publi…
William Leighton Leitch, Town Bridge and Portal
Town Bridge and Portal1820/39 · Pen and gray ink over graphite on gray laid paper
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Walter S. Brewster — public domain (CC0)
William Leighton Leitch, Landscape, Italy
Landscape, Italy1872 · watercolor
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of James Parmelee — Open Access (CC0)

Artist record compiled from: Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By), National Gallery of Art open data (CC0), Art Institute of Chicago API (CC0), The Met Open Access (CC0). See data sources & attribution.

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