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  • Publisher:
    Cambridge University Press
    Publication date:
    05 December 2011
    20 May 2010
    ISBN:
    9780511698101
    9781108012300
    DOI:
    https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511698101
    Dimensions:
    Weight & Pages:
    Dimensions:
    (216 x 140 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    0.31kg, 240 Pages
    • Subjects:
    Literature, Printing and Publishing History, English Literature: General Interest
    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - History of Printing, Publishing and Libraries
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    Subjects:
    Literature, Printing and Publishing History, English Literature: General Interest
    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - History of Printing, Publishing and Libraries
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    Published soon after his untimely death, this spirited memoir of the artist and illustrator Randolph Caldecott (1846–1886) will appeal as much for its value as a portrait composed by a close acquaintance, as for the many drawings it contains. Written by Henry Blackburn (the editor of the London Society, 'an illustrated magazine of light and amusing literature' to which Caldecott contributed a number of drawings), it uses a style similar to that of Caldecott himself, who often peppered his papers, personal letters to family and friends, and even official documents with small sketches. These would take as their subject some humorous remark, or simply illustrate the content of the text. Beyond illustration (in which he was highly successful) Caldecott had a varied career as a sculptor and oil painter (exhibiting at the Royal Academy) and as a watercolourist, being elected to the Royal Institute of Watercolour Painting in 1872.

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