A watercolour showing a coastal landscape and a river scene. Possibly executed under the tutelage of WL Leitch. A coastal landscape is shown in the upper study, another version of RCIN 981338. The sea is shown in the foreground, with a castle and coastline shown in silhouette behind. A river scene is shown below. The river is shown in the foreground, with trees shown on the banks to the right. Further trees are shown in the background to the left.

From the age of eight Queen Victoria received regular lessons in drawing and watercolour from professional artists including Richard Westall (1765 – 1836) and Edward Lear (1812 – 88). However, it was the Scottish landscape painter William Leighton Leitch (1804 – 83) with whom she had the most enduring relationship, as he taught her for 22 years. Before teaching Queen Victoria, Leitch had established an impressive reputation as an art tutor, with his pupils including the Duchess of Buccleuch, the Duchess of Sutherland and Queen Victoria’s lady-in-waiting Charlotte Canning.