Drawing, Illustration for 'Clara Button and the Magical Hat Day', by Amy De La Haye and Emily Sutton, British school, 2011

Drawing, a woman rushing through a door with a man wearing a blue uniform and a boy standing behind her at the top of the sheet; at the bottom is an illustration of woman in a red tank top, a man in a patterend tank top, a V&A security man shaking hands with a woman.

Given by the artist

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.

This illustration is characteristic of Emily Sutton's style and technique combining colour, pattern and outline. The illustration shows the moment Clara's mother is taken to her daughter Clara in the Fashion Department.

This drawing is an illustration for the book Clara Button and the Magical Hat Day by Amy de la Haye and illustrated by Emily Sutton. The book is set in the Victoria and Albert Museum and was published in 2011. The illustration shows the moment a V&A security guard takes Clara's mother and brother to the Fashion Department to reunite them with Clara after she goes missing on an adventure.

Emily 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.

E.28-2012