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
Randolph Caldecott ‘Lord of the Nursery’ (1976)
A brief biography accompanied by a vary large sample of the artist’s work and a comprehensive bibliography.
Randolph Caldecott the Man Who Could Not Stop Drawing (2013)
A brief critical biography of the famous illustrator.
Randolph Caldecott’s Collection of Pictures and Songs (1881)
This omnibus collects the first eight of R. Caldecott’s Picture Books:
- The Diverting History of John Gilpin (1878)
- The House That Jack Built (1878)
- Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog (1879)
- The Babes in the Wood (1879)
- Sing a Song for Sixpence (1880)
- The Three Jovial Huntsmen (1880)
- The Farmer’s Boy (1881)
- The Queen of Hearts (1881)
Read online at archive.org.
Randolph Caldecott’s Graphic Pictures (1883)
A collection of drawings, illustrations, picture letters, etc from the ‘Graphic’ magazine.
Randolph Caldecott’s Graphic Pictures: Complete Edition (1891)
An omnibus containing Randolph Caldecott’s Graphic Pictures, More Graphic Pictures, Last Graphic Pictures and Gleanings from the Graphic.
Randolph Caldecott’s Last Graphic Pictures (1888)
Pictures, illustrations, picture stories,etc. from the “Graphic” magazine.
Randolph Caldecott’s More Graphic Pictures (1887)
A collection of illustrations, graphic stories, etc. from the “Graphic” magazine.
Randolph Caldecott’s Painting Book: First Series (1902)
Illustrations from the Picture Books with outlines on the opposite page to color in.
Randolph Caldecott’s Painting Book: Third Series (1902)
Illustrations from the Picture Books with outlines on the opposite page to color in.
Randolph Caldecott’s Picture Book No. 1 (1926)
This later printing of the first omnibus volume contains:
- The Diverting History of John Gilpin (1878)
- The House That Jack Built (1878)
- The Babes in the Wood (1879)
- Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog (1879)
Read online at archive.org.
William Cowper
Randolph Caldecott’s Picture Book No. 2 (1926)
This second volume of the later omnibus edition contains:
- Sing a Song for Sixpence (1880)
- The Three Jovial Huntsmen (1880)
- The Farmer’s Boy (1881)
- The Queen of Hearts (1881)
Randolph Caldecott’s Picture Book No. 3 (1926)
This third omnibus includes four R. Caldecott picture books:
- Hey Diddle Diddle and Baby Bunting (1882)
- The Milkmaid (1882)
- The Fox Jumps Over the Parson’s Gate (1883)
- A Frog He Would A-Wooing Go (1883)
Randolph Caldecott’s Picture Book No. 4 (1926)
This final omnibus contains the last four of R. Caldecott’s Picture Books:
- Come Lasses and Lads (1884)
- Ride a Cock Horse to Banbury Cross (1884)
- An Elegy on the Glory of Her Sex, Mrs. Mary Blaize (1885)
- The Great Panjandrum Himself (1885)
Randolph Caldecott’s Second Collection of Pictures and Songs (1885)
This omnibus contains the last eight of R. Caldecott’s Picture Books:
- Hey Diddle Diddle and Baby Bunting (1882)
- The Milkmaid (1882)
- The Fox Jumps Over the Parson’s Gate (1883)
- A Frog He Would A-Wooing Go (1883)
- Come Lasses and Lads (1884)
- Ride a Cock Horse to Banbury Cross and a Farmer went Trotting upon his Grey Mare (1884)
- An Elegy on the Glory of Her Sex, Mrs. Mary Blaize (1885)
- The Great Panjandrum Himself (1885)
Read online at archive.org.
Randolph Caldecott’s Sketches (1889)
A collection of sketches from various periodicals. Read online at Archive.org. The second edition is here.
Ride a Cock Horse to Banbury Cross (1884)
This R. Caldecott picture book contains two traditional rhymes. Read online at archive.org.
Routledge’s Christmas Number (1881)
A miscellany with illustrations.
Various
Walter Crane
Kate Greenaway
Et al
Sing a Song for Sixpence (1880)
Sing a song for six pence
A pocket full of rye.
Read online at archive.org.
A Sketch-Book of R. Caldecott’s: Original Sketches for the Four Seasons (1883)
A collection of illustrations based on themes of the four seasons. Read online at archive.org.
Society Novelettes (1883)
A two volume anthology. There are four Caldecott illustrations to Crossed in Love in volume two. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
H. Savile Clark
R. E. Francillon
Et al
Adelaide Claxton
F. Dadd
Linley Sambourne
Et al