Waiting for the catch below the monastery at Vico, on the Neapolitan coast

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William Leighton Leitch, R.I. (1804-1883)
Waiting for the catch below the monastery at Vico, on the Neapolitan coast
signed with monogram and dated '1845' (lower right)
pencil, watercolour and bodycolour, with scratching out
12 x 17 in. (30.5 x 43.2 cm.)

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Lot Essay

Leitch began his career as a scene painter, working closely with Clarkson Stanfield and David Roberts, by whom he considered himself much influenced. He travelled throughout Italy in 1833-1837, and later became Drawing Master to Queen Victoria and her children.

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