James Johnson (1803–1834) was an English architectural draughtsman, watercolourist and oil painter who was a member of the Bristol School of artists.

He contributed nearly 50 drawings of scenes from Bristol, England to the topographical collection of George Weare Braikenridge.

[1][2] The Braikenridge Collection makes Bristol's early 19th century appearance one of the best documented of any English city.

[5] In 1824 Johnson was one of the organisers of the exhibition of local artists at the new Bristol Institution.

[2] However he continued to produce Bristol drawings for Braikenridge, including some very fine watercolours of church interiors in 1828.