William Watson Jr. was a late 19th century Liverpool painter of animals and landscapes. A pupil of Edwin Henry Landseer and Rosa Bonheur, and son of William Watson Sr, he painted mainly highland landscapes with sheep and highland cattle on rugged mountains, with the mist swirling down the glens.

The rich Victorian patrons commissioned artists to paint these scenes to adorn their newly built villas and country estates over the border.

William Watson Jr. exhibited in London 1866-1872, at the Royal Academy and Suffolk Street. His works can be found in the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, the Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield, Sunderland Art Gallery and the Thomas B. Art Collection, Minneapolis.

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