13th Nov, 2021 9:30 GMT/BST

British, European & Sporting Art

 
  Lot 1015
 

1015

William Leighton Leitch RI (1804-1883)
Lake Maggiore, Northern Italy
Signed and dated 1866, watercolour, 58.5cm by 91.5cm

Exhibited Institute of Painters in Water Colours, 1856, number 58, sold for £80
Thomas Agnew & Sons Limited
Sotheby's 16.7.1975, Lot 196
Private Collection, UK

An impressive exhibition piece by Leitch, imbued with warm, unfaded Mediterranean colour - painted and exhibited in 1866 when the artist was Vice-President of the Institute of Painters in Watercolours.

Not Sold

 

In overall good state of preservation. Some general time staining to the sheet. There are two subtle vertical lines running the full width of the image above the right-hand side of the buildings, which are paler in colour than the remainder of the image and more evident within the sky. Colour depth is broadly good, although some likely slight reduction overall. No evidence of cockling. Not examined out of the frame.

 


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Auction: British, European & Sporting Art, 13th Nov, 2021

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