travelling photographer, was listed as wanted in the Victoria Police Gazette on 7 April 1864, having been charged with stealing photographic apparatus, magic-lantern slides, a French microscope, and books and clothing belonging to Thomas Ross of Ballarat West, Victoria. The report described him as an Englishman, a photographic artist, aged 30, 5 feet 10 inches [178 cm] high, medium build, about 11½ stone [73 kg] weight, ruddy complexion, small black eyes, short dark brown hair, brown or sandy whiskers worn all over the face and chin, prominent forehead, small nose, regular teeth, long arms, and awkward and slovenly gait. He is likely to wear a black shooting coat, or a crimean shirt with no coat, in cold weather a grey cloth inverness cape, and grey check trousers. He drives an old roan mare with indistinct brands, long square tail, and no shoes, under four-wheeled vehicle covered with white calico, with the fore-springs broken and helped out with wood, very low wheels.
Williams apparently catered for the lower end of the travelling photographer’s market (when he could get equipment). No examples of his photography are known.
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- Writers:
- Harris, Helen Doxford
- Date written:
- 1992
- Last updated:
- 2011
