Leitch, William Leighton

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William Leighton Leitch was born in Glasgow in 1804. He quickly abandoned the legal career his father had intended for him and became first a house painter and then a theatrical scene painter in Glasgow. Following this he worked in Ayrshire decorating snuffboxes, and then in London again as a scene painter working alongside Clarkson Stanfield and David Roberts. From the mid 1840's he gave lessons in watercolour to Queen Victoria having earlier instructed Lady Canning, a Lady-in-Waiting to the monarch. He exhibited in the Royal Academy from 1833-1861, and was also a member of the Royal institute of Painters in Watercolour. He died in London in 1883.

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