Desmarais, Robert J. Randolph Caldecott: His Books and Illustrations for Young Readers. University of Alberta Libraries, 2006.
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Randolph Caldecott
Standard Name: Caldecott, Randolph
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Publishing | E. Owens Blackburne | She is said to have written the first of the four Droll Stories (entitled Philosopher Push) some years before publication. The others are presumed to be recent. A Sure Shot, one of the... |
| Publishing | Juliana Horatia Ewing | In the year before her death JHE
published in volume form Daddy Darwin's Dovecot, with seventeen illustrations by Randolph Caldecott
(reproduced, some of them using new technology, by engraver Edmund Evans
). British Library Catalogue. |
| Publishing | Juliana Horatia Ewing | A shilling edition put out in London and New York (in London by the SPCK
) has four full-page and fifteen small monochrome illustrations by Randolph Caldecott
, its beige cover, on boards, bearing pictures... |
| Publishing | Juliana Horatia Ewing | She had met Caldecott
in June 1879, when she already warmly admired his illustrations for works by Washington Irving
. She specifically asked him for a picture of a fair-haired boy riding a red-haired pony... |
| Publishing | Juliana Horatia Ewing | Daddy Darwin's Dovecot had begun appearing in Aunt Judy's Magazine just after its change of publisher and design in November 1881. The story, which involves birds of all kinds, was especially suited to Caldecott
... |
| Publishing | Charlotte Riddell | This annual was illustrated by Randolph Caldecott
(whose sombre drawing of the autumnal, dusky Essex marshes was much admired by S. M. Ellis
). Ellis, Stewart Marsh. Wilkie Collins, Le Fanu, and Others. Books for Libraries Press, 1931. 286 |
| Reception | Kate Greenaway | KG
's illustrations were more remarkable and successful than her writing, though her literary ambitions are worth noting. She developed a distinctive and widely recognizable visual style which had widespread impact. What Kate Greenaway did... |
| Textual Production | Juliana Horatia Ewing | JHE
published through the SPCK
her children's story Jackanapes, with seventeen illustrations by Randolph Caldecott
. Nadel, Ira Bruce, and William E. Fredeman, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 21. Gale Research, 1983. 21: 171 Desmarais, Robert J. Randolph Caldecott: His Books and Illustrations for Young Readers. University of Alberta Libraries, 2006. 68 |
Timeline
November 1881
Aunt Judy's Magazine, the leading fictionperiodicalfor children founded by Margaret Gatty
, changed publishers, and adopted a new format with a cover designed by Randolph Caldecott
.