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Frederick Richardson

Illustrator

(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.

Author(s): Edward Lear
Illustrator(s): Frederick Richardson

Queen Zixi of Ix (1905)

The evil Queen Zixi schemes to steal the fairies' magic cloak. Read online at Hathitrust.

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): Frederick Richardson

Queen Zixi of Ix (1971)

The evil witch, Zixi, tries to steal the fairies' magic cloak. Read online at Hathitrust.

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): Frederick Richardson

Queen Zixi of Ix (2004)

The evil witch Queen Zixi tries to steal the fairies' magic cloak. Read online at Hathitrust.

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): Frederick Richardson

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.

Author(s): Frank R. Stockton
Illustrator(s): Frederick Richardson

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