William Booth is an artist. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at Victoria and Albert Museum.

William Booth spent his life dodging the streets of London with a sketchbook, sketching kids whooped up in rags instead of schoolrooms. He had a knack for catching that split second when a child’s scowl turns to wonder, no fancy poses, just the raw tilt of a cap or the scuff of a shoe. Skip the big galleries; tap the watercolor A Group of Children and linger on the girl in the corner whose elbows hug her knees like she’s guarding a secret.