William is a commanding shaped portrait by Lucien Rees Roberts, painted in 1986, depicting a man reclining in a chair rendered with a fragmented, collage-like composition that layers architectural vignettes, a Buddhist statue, a blue and white ceramic plate, and landscape elements around the sitter. The work's irregular silhouette blurs the boundary between painting and sculpture, giving the panel a distinctive three-dimensional presence. Painted within a year of Rees Roberts co-founding his architectural practice with Steven Harris, the piece reflects his dual sensibility as both architect and portraitist. At 50 by 51 inches, it is a large format, highly resolved work that exemplifies the artist's mature fusion of portraiture with environmental and cultural symbolism.