A Ruined Castle on a Lake

1881

William Leighton Leitch

Artist, British, 1804 - 1883

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor over graphite on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of William B. O'Neal

  • Dimensions

    overall: 14 x 22.9 cm (5 1/2 x 9 in.)

  • Accession

    1995.52.107

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Thomas Agnew & Sons Ltd., London); purchased by William B. O'Neal, Charlottesville, VA, 1984-1994; gift to NGA, 1995.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1973

  • 100th Annual Exhibition of Watercolours and Drawings, Thos. Agnew & Sons Limited, London, January 15 - February 16, 1973, 300 (with the title A Ruined House by a Lake).

1988

  • The Imprints of Gloomth: The Gothic Novel in England, Alderman Library, University of Virginia, 1988 (not in catalogue).

1993

  • Drawings from the O'Neal Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1993, no. 47.

1996

  • Drawings from the O'Neal Collection, Georgia Museum of Art, The University of Georgia, Athens, 4 May-16 June, 1996.

Bibliography

1993

  • NGA O'Neal 1993, ex 47.

Inscriptions

lower left in watercolor: W L Leitch 1881

Wikidata ID

Q64638405

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