A Course of Water-Colour Painting with Twenty-Four Coloured Plates from Designs by R. P. Leitch

1886

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Leitch was a watercolorist and illustrator whose father, William Leighton Leitch, served Queen Victoria and her daughters as drawing-master for almost twenty years. This popular manual went through nine editions and was aimed at amateurs, its progressive approach likely influenced by the senior Leitch’s extensive teaching experience.

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Title: A Course of Water-Colour Painting with Twenty-Four Coloured Plates from Designs by R. P. Leitch
Author: Richard Principal Leitch (British, 1826–1882)
Publisher: Cassell & Co., Ltd. Paris & New York
Date: 1886
Medium: Illustrations: color lithographs
Dimensions: 7 1/2 x 9 1/4 in. (19.1 x 23.5 cm)
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Museum Purchase, 1973
Object Number: 1973.556
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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