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The image shows a pastoral view with a castle ruin near the center, slightly to the left. The horizon blends into misty mountains in the background. The painting uses gentle, textured brushstrokes to create a soft, dreamy quality. The color palette consists of muted earth tones, soft greens, warm yellows, dusty roses, and muted blues. Nearby, two figures are attending to a small boat on a rocky shoreline. Trees near the ruins have delicate foliage.
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The image shows a pastoral view with a castle ruin near the center, slightly to the left. The horizon blends into misty mountains in the background. The painting uses gentle, textured brushstrokes to create a soft, dreamy quality. The color palette consists of muted earth tones, soft greens, warm yellows, dusty roses, and muted blues. Nearby, two figures are attending to a small boat on a rocky shoreline. Trees near the ruins have delicate foliage.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

A Ruined Castle on a Lake

William Leighton Leitch

Date
1881
Medium
watercolor over graphite on wove paper
Dimensions
overall: 14 x 22.9 cm (5 1/2 x 9 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
1995.52.107
Credit line
Gift of William B. O'Neal
Time span
1876 to 1900
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • British
  • Landscape
  • United Kingdom
  • architecture
  • Castle
  • landscape
  • Scotland
Provenance

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

Inscription

lower left in watercolor: W L Leitch 1881

NGA object ID 76083. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.