William Leighton Leitch Greetings Card
Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:
William Leighton Leitch NPG Ax29509
© National Portrait Gallery, London
after David Octavius Hill, and Robert Adamson
William Leighton Leitch began his career as an apprentice to a sign painter in Glasgow. In 1824, he became a scene painter at the Glasgow Theatre Royal, continuing in this line of work after he moved to London in 1830. Leitch travelled to Italy and Sicily where he stayed for several years and earned his living giving painting lessons to aristocratic families. He returned to London in 1837, and from 1842 gave drawing and watercolour lessons to Queen Victoria and other members of the... more
Card size: 125mm x 175mm
Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.










