Editing Kit Williams (section)

{{short description|English artist, illustrator and author}}
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| caption       = Williams in February 2010
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| birth_date    = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1946|4|28}}
| birth_place   = [[Kent, England|Kent]], England
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| field         = Painting, books, [[clock]]s
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'''Christopher '''"'''Kit'''"''' Williams''' (born 28 April 1946) is an English artist, illustrator and author best known for his 1979 book ''[[Masquerade (book)|Masquerade]]'', a pictorial storybook which contains clues to the location of a golden (18 [[carat (purity)|carat]]) jewelled hare created by Williams and then buried "somewhere in Britain".<ref>{{cite journal|last=Morris|first=Scot|title=Buried Treasure|journal=[[Omni (magazine)|Omni]]|date=January 1982|page=126|volume=4|issue=4|url=https://archive.org/stream/omni-magazine-1982-01/OMNI_1982_01#page/n79/mode/2up}}</ref>

Williams published three other books and was commissioned to create three public clocks with elaborate mechanisms and moving parts, such as animals, for visual interest.

Born in [[Kent, England|Kent]], England, Williams continues to paint [[figurative art]] at his studio in [[Gloucestershire]].