Men of the Time, eleventh edition/Caldecott, Randolph

​CALDECOTT, Randolph, artist, was born in 1846, at Chester, and educated at Henry VIII.'s School, in that city. He received no art training. He was elected a member of the Manchester Academy of Arts in 1880, and of the Institate of Painters in Water Colours in 1882. Mr. Caldecott has exhibited works of painting and sculpture at the Royal Academy, and the Grosvenor Gallery. Among the numerous books illustrated by him are Washington Irving's "Old Christmas," 1875; "Bracebridge Hall," 1876; Mrs. Comyns Carr's "North Italian Folk," 1877; and Mr. H. Blackburn's "Breton Folk," 1879. In 1878 he began a series of "Picture Books," with "John Gilpin," and "The House that Jack Built;" and he has since produced two books each year. In 1883 he published "A Sketch Book," and "Some of Æsop's Fables with Modern Instances." Mr. Caldecott has made many drawings of original subjects for the Graphic, most of which have been reproduced in colours; and he has occasionally contributed to Punch and other periodicals.


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