Drayton was among the earliest and most successful female cartoonists. She is most famous as creator of the Campbell Soup Kids but earlier newspaper comic strip and children’s books included “The Terrible Tales Of Captain Kiddo” in 1909 and “Dolly Dimples” in 1915. Drayton was not the only female artist of the era promoting women’s rights as we’ve also seen a poster which Rose O’Neill produced showing marching Kewpies with the leader holding a banner “Votes For Our Mothers.” Drayton joined the cause, likely c. 1916, with this gorgeous enamel on brass pin although it does not carry any identifying marks. The young girl Dolly Dimples is outfitted in the green and purple colors symbolic of the votes for women movement in England as well as in America. Her green enamel hat has a band and bow of brass with tiny purple checkers. She wears a sash around her neck also accented in purple and green. Her white gloves hold a closed parasol and there is a dot of white enamel off one hand and the enamel once on the triangular shape of the parasol is missing. Under magnification, there are 2 or 3 other exceedingly tiny pinpoint flakes including just the very slightest off the enamel paint of her face but not showing at all without magnification. Reverse has diagonal bar pin. From the Richard Merkin Collection. Only example we’ve seen. Comes with Hake’s COA.