William Williams (artist)

William Williams
self-portrait
Born1727 
Died27 April 1791  (aged 63–64)
OccupationPainter, novelist 

William Williams (1727 – 27 April 1791) was a British painter and writer who wrote the novel The Journal of Llewellin Penrose, Seaman, which is considered by some to be the first American novel.