William Booth

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.