A crisp morning, Kilchurn Castle

The Glaswegian-born William Leighton Leitch began his career as a scene painter at the Glasgow Theatre Royal, although later he worked predominantly in watercolour. Leitch spent years travelling throughout the Netherlands, Switzerland and Italy, earning a living teaching painting to aristocratic patrons. Later in life, Leitch taught H.M. Queen Victoria and her children to paint landscapes in watercolour.