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Randolph Caldecott had a childhood that was probably typical of the Victorian era. He grew up in a family that today is described as having many children. The father was a businessman and gave the family a secure economic framework. Randolph's love of drawing and design developed at a very young age. His favorite motifs were animals, which he depicted pictorially as well as carved out of wood. In the personal environment of the family Rudolph was considered a child prodigy. Rheumatic fever thwarted the talented boy's plans for the future. Under the influence of his father, Randolph Caldecott accepted a position in a bank. As much as the after-effects of the illness allowed, Randolph studied art in the evenings. Commissioned work for magazines and journals quickly followed, earning the artist much positive response. More artist than banker, Randolph turned his back on the financial world and devoted himself to the world of illustration.
Social developments during the Romantic period had an impact on the picture book. The growing curiosity of the reading public led to elaborately illustrated books and the art was expanded to include a field of activity: professional illustrators. Picture books for children in particular underwent a transformation. The first books for children were educational guides that reflected the notion of pedagogy of the time. Childhood was subject to strict ideas of idealization. With the Romantic period, picture books became narrative. Single pictures and picture sequences first increased the expressiveness of non-fiction books and became more and more the narrative element in the book. The texts became poetic in a manner suitable for children. Rhymes, songs and especially fairy tales became the focus. Illustrations lost their austerity and the texts were accompanied by cheerful children's characters and animals in human form. Randolph Caldecott found himself in this medium. At the beginning of his artistic career, his clients consisted of prestigious magazines and informational media; later, they were writers of children's literature and successful publishing houses.
The artist's most famous works have lit up numerous children's eyes. Caldecott's illustrations stood out from the great mass of publishing media. The characters in Randolph's world appear friendly, seemingly always with a smile on their face. The animals with human features and often in human form are a figurative representation of children's fantasies made figurative. The artist's wealth of ideas seems inexhaustible. He had the knack of fashioning a picture book out of a four-line rhyme. Caldecott was an artist who retained a view into the imaginative world of children in adulthood. Randolph Caldecott was aware of his abilities. He is considered the first illustrator to take a share of the profits as a reward for his work. One penny per copy sold is said to have been awarded to him as a royalty, according to his contract. Unfortunately, the late effects of his illness kept catching up with him, and in his first steps into the American world, the artist died before he reached the age of forty.
Randolph Caldecott had a childhood that was probably typical of the Victorian era. He grew up in a family that today is described as having many children. The father was a businessman and gave the family a secure economic framework. Randolph's love of drawing and design developed at a very young age. His favorite motifs were animals, which he depicted pictorially as well as carved out of wood. In the personal environment of the family Rudolph was considered a child prodigy. Rheumatic fever thwarted the talented boy's plans for the future. Under the influence of his father, Randolph Caldecott accepted a position in a bank. As much as the after-effects of the illness allowed, Randolph studied art in the evenings. Commissioned work for magazines and journals quickly followed, earning the artist much positive response. More artist than banker, Randolph turned his back on the financial world and devoted himself to the world of illustration.
Social developments during the Romantic period had an impact on the picture book. The growing curiosity of the reading public led to elaborately illustrated books and the art was expanded to include a field of activity: professional illustrators. Picture books for children in particular underwent a transformation. The first books for children were educational guides that reflected the notion of pedagogy of the time. Childhood was subject to strict ideas of idealization. With the Romantic period, picture books became narrative. Single pictures and picture sequences first increased the expressiveness of non-fiction books and became more and more the narrative element in the book. The texts became poetic in a manner suitable for children. Rhymes, songs and especially fairy tales became the focus. Illustrations lost their austerity and the texts were accompanied by cheerful children's characters and animals in human form. Randolph Caldecott found himself in this medium. At the beginning of his artistic career, his clients consisted of prestigious magazines and informational media; later, they were writers of children's literature and successful publishing houses.
The artist's most famous works have lit up numerous children's eyes. Caldecott's illustrations stood out from the great mass of publishing media. The characters in Randolph's world appear friendly, seemingly always with a smile on their face. The animals with human features and often in human form are a figurative representation of children's fantasies made figurative. The artist's wealth of ideas seems inexhaustible. He had the knack of fashioning a picture book out of a four-line rhyme. Caldecott was an artist who retained a view into the imaginative world of children in adulthood. Randolph Caldecott was aware of his abilities. He is considered the first illustrator to take a share of the profits as a reward for his work. One penny per copy sold is said to have been awarded to him as a royalty, according to his contract. Unfortunately, the late effects of his illness kept catching up with him, and in his first steps into the American world, the artist died before he reached the age of forty.
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-68915).jpg "Fox Hunting in Surrey, 19th century by Randolph Caldecott")
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.jpg "People Sitting at a Dining Table by Randolph Caldecott")
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.jpg "And the Dish Ran Away with the Spoon by Randolph Caldecott")
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.jpg "Fox Hunting: Full Cry by Randolph Caldecott")
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.jpg "The Knave of Hearts and the Queen of Hearts by Randolph Caldecott")
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.jpg "The Cat That Ate the Rat That Ate the Malt by Randolph Caldecott")
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.jpg "Illustration for An Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog by Randolph Caldecott")
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.jpg "This is the Rooster that Crowed in the Morn, that Woke the Judge All Shaven and Shorn, Illustration from The House that Jack Built by Randolph Caldecott")
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.jpg "The Maid was in the Garden, Hanging out the Clothes, 1880 by Randolph Caldecott")
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.jpg "Facts and Fancies, I by Randolph Caldecott")
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.jpg "A Fine Lady on a White Horse from Ride a Cock Horse to Banbury Cross by Randolph Caldecott")
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.jpg "Baby Bunting wrapped in the Rabbit Skin, from The Hey Diddle Diddle Picture Book, pub.1882 by Randolph Caldecott")
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.jpg "Frontispiece, The Diverting History of John Gilpin, 1878 by Randolph Caldecott")
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.jpg "The King was in his counting-house, Counting out his Money, 1880 by Randolph Caldecott")
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.jpg "This is the Cow with the Crumpled Horn that Tossed the Dog, Illustration for The House that Jack Built, 1878 by Randolph Caldecott")
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.jpg "The Cat and the Fiddle and the Children")
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.jpg "Hey diddle diddle by Randolph Caldecott")
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.jpg "Paul and Virginia, Or the Very Last of the Smugglers by Randolph Caldecott")
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.jpg "Three Jovial Huntsmen by Randolph Caldecott")
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.jpg "The House that Jack Built (Illustration by Randolph Caldecott) by Randolph Caldecott")
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.jpg "The Jackdaw and the Doves by Randolph Caldecott")
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.jpg "A Frog He Would A-Wooing Go by Randolph Caldecott")
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.jpg "Ride a Cock Horse to Banbury Cross by Randolph Caldecott")
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.jpg "The dog it was that died, c1879 by Randolph Caldecott")
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.jpg "Venice, with Cartoon Sketches by Randolph Caldecott")
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.jpg "The Farmer Who Sowed the Corn by Randolph Caldecott")
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.jpg "The Curmudgeons")
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.jpg "John Gilpin and his wife, 1878, c1918 by Randolph Caldecott")
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.jpg "Paul and Virginia, Or the Very Last of the Smugglers by Randolph Caldecott")
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.jpg "Bye, Baby Bunting, 1882 by Randolph Caldecott")
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.jpg "Stray dog befriended by good man of Islington by Randolph Caldecott")
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.jpg "An Elegy On The Death Of A Mad Dog by Randolph Caldecott")
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.jpg "A Farmer Went Trotting upon His Grey Mare by Randolph Caldecott")
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.jpg "North Italian Folk by Randolph Caldecott")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1084413).jpg "Family life in colonial America - Street scene in Boston by Randolph Caldecott")
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.jpg "The House that Jack Built (Illustration by Randolph Caldecott) by Randolph Caldecott")
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.jpg "And Beat the Knave Full Sore by Randolph Caldecott")
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.jpg "Oh! Never despise the soldier lad though his station be but low by Randolph Caldecott")
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.jpg "The House that Jack Built (Illustration by Randolph Caldecott) by Randolph Caldecott")
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.jpg "This is the cow with the crumpled horn... by Randolph Caldecott")
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.jpg "Baby Bunting by Randolph Caldecott")
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.jpg "Paul and Virginia, Or the Very Last of the Smugglers by Randolph Caldecott")
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.jpg "Shall I marry you, my pretty maid by Randolph Caldecott")
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.jpg "The Mischievous Raven Flew Laughing Away by Randolph Caldecott")
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.jpg "The Bird Trap by Randolph Caldecott")
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.jpg "The First Thing They Did Find, Was a Tattered Boggart, in a Field by Randolph Caldecott")
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.jpg "People Outside a Pawn Shop, c1885, 1934 by Randolph Caldecott")
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.jpg "Pray, Mr Rat Will You Go with Me by Randolph Caldecott")
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.jpg "John Gilpin Wipes His Sweaty Brow with a Handkerchief by Randolph Caldecott")
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.jpg "Sore Sicke They Were and Like To Die, c1878 by Randolph Caldecott")
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.jpg "An Elegy On The Death Of A Mad Dog by Randolph Caldecott")
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.jpg "Mrs Gilpin pays the postboy to find her husband by Randolph Caldecott")
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.jpg "The Dog That Worried the Cat, c1878 by Randolph Caldecott")
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.jpg "John Gilpin attaches wine bottles to his belt by Randolph Caldecott")
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.jpg "The Maid and the Jenny Wren by Randolph Caldecott")
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.jpg "The Curmudgeons")
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.jpg "Sketches at Buxton, by a Rheumatic Man by Randolph Caldecott")
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.jpg "The Strange Adventures of a Dog-Cart by Randolph Caldecott")
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.jpg "An Elegy On The Death Of A Mad Dog by Randolph Caldecott")
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.jpg "Equestrian Watercolour Sketches by Randolph Caldecott")
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.jpg "The King of Hearts, Called for Those Tarts, 1880 by Randolph Caldecott")
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.jpg "The House that Jack Built, Accumulative Nursery Rhyme. The Cat that Ate the Rat that Ate the Malt. Illustration by Randolph Caldecott by Randolph Caldecott")
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.jpg "Laid Table at the Bell Inn in Edmonton, 1878, c1918 by Randolph Caldecott")
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.jpg "The Mare broke her knees and the Farmer his crown by Randolph Caldecott")
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.jpg "The Great Panjandrum Himself by Randolph Caldecott")
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.jpg "A Farmer Went Trotting upon His Grey Mare by Randolph Caldecott")
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.jpg "Farmer Sowing Seed Broadcast by Randolph Caldecott")
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.jpg "The Cat and the Fiddle and the Cow - Illustrations from Hey Diddle Diddle by Randolph Caldecott")
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