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Lot Essay
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 traveling 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.
Dumbarton Rock, whose name means 'the hill or fort of the Britons', has been fortified since prehistoric times, and is situated above where the River Leven joins the Clyde. Kelvingrove park is in the west end of Glasgow, and is now the location of the Kelvingrove Art Gallery which opened in 1903.
Dumbarton Rock, whose name means 'the hill or fort of the Britons', has been fortified since prehistoric times, and is situated above where the River Leven joins the Clyde. Kelvingrove park is in the west end of Glasgow, and is now the location of the Kelvingrove Art Gallery which opened in 1903.