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

Victoria and Albert Museum

Museum

Victoria and Albert Museum

The Victoria and Albert Museum in the United Kingdom is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.8 million objects.

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