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Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901)

A seascape and a coastal landscape c. 1846 - c. 1850

Watercolour | 45.6 x 29.0 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 981344

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  • A watercolour showing a seascape and a coastal landscape. Possibly executed under the tutelage of WL Leitch. The seascape is shown at the top of the sheet, with the sea shown in the foreground against a setting sky. The coastal landscape is shown below. Trees are shown along a hill in the foreground, with the sea shown behind and a sunset shown in the background. From the age of eight Queen Victoria received regular lessons in drawing and watercolour from professional artists including Richard Westall (1765 – 1836) and Edward Lear (1812 – 88). However, it was the Scottish landscape painter William Leighton Leitch (1804 – 83) with whom she had the most enduring relationship, as he taught her for 22 years. Before teaching Queen Victoria, Leitch had established an impressive reputation as an art tutor, with his pupils including the Duchess of Buccleuch, the Duchess of Sutherland and Queen Victoria’s lady-in-waiting Charlotte Canning.
  • Medium and techniques

    Watercolour

    Measurements

    45.6 x 29.0 cm (sheet of paper)


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