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The image shows Clara's brother Ollie skate boarding over her collection of assorted buttons.\r\n\r\nEmily Sutton was born in Yorkshire and graduated with a B.A.(Hons.) in Illustration from Edinburgh College of Art in 2008. 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She also studied at York College and Rhode Island School of Design. The artist specialises in illustration of children's books and draws her inspiration from such 20th century illustrators such as Edward Bawden (1903-1989) and Eric Ravilious (1903-1942) and American lithographed children's books. She typically includes in her work objects found in museums and antique shops. \n\r\nThis illustration is characteristic of Emily Sutton's style and technique and use of colour and shows Clara Button's brother Ollie skate boarding over her collection of buttons.\r\n","briefDescription":"Drawing, Illustration for 'Clara Button and the Magical Hat Day', by Amy De La Haye and Emily Sutton, British school, 2011","bibliographicReferences":[],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"Imagination and fantasy inspire the children's playful antics as they create magical devices from ordinary domestic objects. Here Ollie flies over Clara's assortment of buttons on his skateboard, scattering them in all directions like a huge wave.  ","date":{"text":"10/09/2013","earliest":"2013-09-10","latest":"2013-09-10"}}],"partNumbers":["E.9-2012"],"accessionNumberNum":"9","accessionNumberPrefix":"E","accessionYear":2012,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-16","recordCreationDate":"2012-01-06","availableToBook":false}}