The Genesis of a Visionary Draughtsman Born amidst the historic and academic atmosphere of Edinburgh in 1880, Sir William Russell Flint began his artistic journey not with the broad, sweeping strokes of an oil painter, but with the meticulous precision of a lithographic draughtsman. His formative years were defined by a rigorous classical education at Daniel Stewart's College and the Edinburgh Institution, providing him with a structural foundation that would underpin his entire career. This technical discipline was furthered by a unique period of medical illustration in London between 1900 a…