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Cabinet Portrait of W. L. Leitch, Esq

Artist: Lauder, Robert Scott, RSA · 1803-1869

The work was probably painted in Rome during Leitch's visit there in 1834-35 and where Lauder was then residing.

Object data

Date	c.1834 - c.1835
Accession	1992.022
Materials	Support canvas
Dimensions	Sight 24.8cm x 21.6cm
Medium	Paint, oil

Exhibitions

Ages of Wonder : Scotland's Art 1540 to Now, Collected by the Royal Scottish Academy of Art & Architecture

Dates: Nov 4, 2017 - Jan 7, 2018

Venue: Royal Scottish Academy

Location: The Mound

Master Class, Robert Scott Lauder and his Pupils

Dates: Jul 15, 1983 - Nov 12, 1983

Venue: National Gallery of Scotland

Location: Edinburgh

International Exhibition of Industry, Science and Art, Edinburgh 1886

Dates: May 6, 1886 - Oct 31, 1886

Venue: The Meadows

Location: Edinburgh
Sitters
Leitch, William Leighton

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