Randolph Caldecott
(1846 - 1886)
Randolph Caldecott was a British artist and illustrator, born in Chester. The Caldecott Medal was named in his honor. He exercised his art chiefly in book illustrations. His abilities as an artist were promptly and generously recognized by the Royal Academy.
Caldecott greatly influenced the illustration of children’s books during the nineteenth century. Two books illustrated by him, priced at a shilling each, were published every Christmas for eight years.
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Bibliography
A Farmer Went Trotting Upon His Gray Mare (1884)
This R. Caldecott picture book contains two traditional rhymes. Read online at archive.org.
The Farmer’s Boy (1881)
A traditional rhyme that goes through all the farmer’s animals and their sounds. Read online at archive.org.
A Few Sketches by the Late Randolph Caldecott, with Compliments (1886)
A Chirstmas and New Year greeting containing seven sketches.
The Fox Jumps Over the Parson’s Gate (1883)
A traditional hunting song. Read online at archive.org.
Frank Mildmay, or, The Naval Officer (1873)
One of the first novels of the British navy. Read for free online at HathiTrust.
A Frog He Would A-Wooing Go (1883)
An old Scottish ballad. Read online at archive.org.
Gleanings from the Graphic (1889)
Drawings, illustrations and pictorial essays and letters for a popular periodical.
Granny’s Story Box (1873)
A collection of eight new fairy tales. Read for free online at the University of Florida.
The Great Panjandrum Himself (1885)
The final picture book by R. Caldecott is a nonsense paragraph. Read online at archive.org.
The Harz Mountains: A Tour in the Toy Country (1873)
A travel book of adventures in the North German highlands.
Hey Diddle Diddle (1882)
This R. Caldecott picture book contains two rhymes. Read online at archive.org.
The Hey Diddle Diddle Picture Book (1882)
This R. Caldecott omnibus picture book contains four picture books: The Milkmaid; Hey Diddle Diddle and Baby Bunting; A Frog He Would A-Wooing Go; and The Fox Jumps Over the Parson’s Gate. READ NOW.
The House that Jack Built (1878)
The well-loved rhyme of what lay in the house that Jack built. Read online at archive.org.
Irish Sketches and Miscellany (1882)
Travel sketches from Ireland.
Jack and the Beanstalk (1886)
The familiar story of Jack and the Beanstalk in English hexameters by the son of the Poet Laureate. Read for free online at Project Gutenberg.
Or Hathitrust.
Jackanapes (1883)
A young British orphan grows up to be a Captain in a cavalry regiment and gives his life for his friend on the field of battle. Read online at archive.org.
Juliana Horatia Ewing and Her Books (1887)
A biography of the author of Lob Lie-by-the-Fire and Jackanapes by her sister, including a bibliography. Read online at archive.org.
Mrs. Juliana Horatia Ewing
George Reid
Lancashire Sketches (1881)
A collection of essays about the author’s native shire. This is the volume from the collected works.
Lancashire Sketches, Second Series (1892)
A collection of essays about the author’s native shire. This is the volume from the collected works. The title page vignette is repeated from Factory Folk During the Cotton Famine.
Lightning Sketches for ‘The House That Jack Built’ (1899)
Preliminary sketches for the R. Caldecott Picture Book.