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William Francis Burton (Bill Burton) (1 January 1907 in North Walsham Norfolk – 1995 in Colchester Essex) was a prolific English marine and landscape artist who painted in oils. He drew inspiration for his work largely from his rural Norfolk upbringing and his adopted home county of Essex. West Mersea was a particular favourite and Burton is best remembered for his depictions of golden oyster beds and Turneresque skies his most renowned work reproduced in 1965 is ‘Evening Gold’.