Leitch, William Leighton, c 1843-1847
Piece
Identifier: Coll-1073/4/51
Scope and Contents
Portrait of William Leighton Leitch. Caption: "W. L. Leitch 1804-1883. (Water Colour Painter)".
Dates
- Creation: c 1843-1847
Creator
- From the Collection: Hill, David Octavius, 1802-1870 (Painter and Photographer) (Photographer, Person)
- From the Collection: Adamson, Robert, 1821-1848 (Photographer and Engineer) (Photographer, Person)
- From the Collection: Elliot, Andrew, 1830-1922 ("Senior"; bookseller and publisher) (Compiler, Person)
Language of Materials
English
Biographical / Historical
From a typed note pasted on the page: "Leitch, William Leighton (1804-1883) water-colour painter; scene-painter at the Theatre Royal, Glasgow, 1824, and later at the Queen's Theatre, London; a successful teacher of drawing and water-colours; drawing-master to Queen Victoria and the royal family for twenty-two years; member of the Institute of Painters in Water-colours, 1862; the last of the great English teachers of landscape-painting. [xxxiii. 9]".
Full Extent
1 photograph
Physical Location
Volume IV, p. 298
General
LUNA Work Record ID: 0011911
Subject
- Leitch, William Leighton, 1804-1883 (Person)
Genre / Form
Repository Details
Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository
Contact:
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Centre for Research Collections
University of Edinburgh Main Library
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44(0)131 650 8379
heritagecollections@ed.ac.uk