John Alfred Horsburgh: A Victorian Master of Light and Faith John Alfred Horsburgh (1835-1924) stands as a significant, yet often overlooked, figure in 19th-century British art. Born in Eddleston, Peeblesshire, into a family with roots in shoemaking, his artistic journey began not with brushes and canvas, but with the meticulous craft of silk mercery. This early apprenticeship instilled a keen eye for detail and an appreciation for precision – qualities that would profoundly shape his later work as both a watercolorist and portrait painter. Horsburgh’s life was inextricably linked to the bur…