Venice with Santa Maria della Salute
William Leighton Leitch (Glasgow 1804 - London 1883)
Lot-No. 155
Proceeds : 7.600 €
Oil/canvas, 41 x 54 cm, lo. le. sign. and dat. W. L. Leitch 60, some rest., relined. - English landscape painter and stage designer. L. was taught painting in the studio of John Knox in Glasgow, thereafter he travelled Italy. He worked as stage designer for the Queen's Theatre in London and was the drawing teacher of queen Victoria. Mus.: London (V&A), Dublin, Edinburgh, Glasgow a. others. Lit.: Thieme-Becker, Bénézit.
William Leighton Leitch: Venice with Santa Maria della Salute
William Leighton Leitch (Glasgow 1804 - London 1883)
Venice with Santa Maria della Salute
Lot-No. 155
Proceeds : 7.600 €
Oil/canvas, 41 x 54 cm, lo. le. sign. and dat. W. L. Leitch 60, some rest., relined. - English landscape painter and stage designer. L. was taught painting in the studio of John Knox in Glasgow, thereafter he travelled Italy. He worked as stage designer for the Queen's Theatre in London and was the drawing teacher of queen Victoria. Mus.: London (V&A), Dublin, Edinburgh, Glasgow a. others. Lit.: Thieme-Becker, Bénézit.
