Frederick Richardson
(1862 - 1937)
Born in Chicago, Illinois, Frederick Richardson studied in St. Louis and Paris. He began as a newspaper artist in Chicago where he documented the World’s Columbian Exhibition of 1892-3. Moving to New York he worked for magazines and published many book illustrations, often in the Art Nouveau style.
Bibliography
The Edward Lear Alphabet Book With Dash-Drawing for Little Children (1915)
The child artist completes the dashed outline of each letter, then colors in the original and his copy.
Queen Zixi of Ix (1905)
The evil Queen Zixi schemes to steal the fairies' magic cloak. Read online at Hathitrust.
Queen Zixi of Ix (1971)
The evil witch, Zixi, tries to steal the fairies' magic cloak. Read online at Hathitrust.
Queen Zixi of Ix (2004)
The evil witch Queen Zixi tries to steal the fairies' magic cloak. Read online at Hathitrust.
The Queen’s Museum and Other Fanciful Tales (1906)
A collection of modern fairy tales and satires including The Bee-Man of Orn and The Griffin and the Minor Canon. Read online at Hathitrust.