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The book is set in the Victoria and Albert Museum and was published in 2011. The image shows Clara Button chasing a trolley full of hat boxes and hats through the Victoria and Albert Museum in the hope that it may lead her to a milliner who could fix her Granny Elsie's hat.\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. She  specialises in illustration of children's books and draws her inspiration from 20th century illustrators and the tradition of folk art.\r\n","physicalDescription":"Drawing, a little girl in a red jacket and blue/green skirt wearing a spotty rucksack, chasing a trolley full of hats and hat boxes; she is running through a museum past paintings.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Emily Sutton","id":"AUTH316793"},"association":{"text":"artist","id":"AAT25103"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"pen","id":"x47746"},{"text":"ink","id":"AAT15012"},{"text":"paper","id":"x30308"},{"text":"bodycolour","id":"x34671"}],"techniques":[{"text":"drawn","id":"x30545"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Pen, ink and bodycolour on paper","categories":[{"text":"Drawings","id":"THES48966"},{"text":"Hats & headwear","id":"THES48943"},{"text":"Paintings","id":"THES48917"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"PDP","id":"THES48595"},"images":["2023NP7310"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"LVLH","id":"THES49654"},"free":"","case":"WD","shelf":"216","box":"D"}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"drawing","id":"x32498"}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"London","id":"x28980"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"2011","earliest":"2011-01-01","latest":"2011-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Given by the artist","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"352","unit":"mm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"270","unit":"mm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"","historicalContext":"Emily Sutton was born in Yorkshire and  graduated with a B.A (Hons.) in Illustration from  Edinburgh College of Art in 2008. 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. \r\n\r\nThis illustration is characteristic of Emily Sutton's style and technique with a strong use of line, colour and pattern. 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