Artist

William Borthwick Johnstone

William Borthwick Johnstone is a British Romanticism artist. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at Victoria and Albert Museum.

William Borthwick Johnstone kept a tiny studio in Edinburgh, so small visitors had to step outside to turn around. His watercolors hum with quiet details: a girl’s apron strings, the way light hits a tin pitcher. You’ll spot that same pitcher in Landscape with Peasant Girl Carrying a Pitcher, look for the rusty spot on the rim. Gallery Tiles starts you there, where a single object can anchor an entire Scottish sky.

Works by William Borthwick Johnstone

Collections represented

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