Collection of etchings after Randolph Caldecott, 1897-1907.

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Collection of etchings after Randolph Caldecott, 1897-1907.

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Collection consists of two etchings on steel--Ride a cock horse and The seasons, Kensington Gardens--by Edmund Evans, from drawings by Randolph Caldecott. There are also three prints from the above two etchings, as well as another made by the Camberwell School of Arts in 1986, together with a brief history of these plates.

1 oversize box.

University of California, Los Angeles

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SNAC Resource ID: 7412263

University of California, Los Angeles

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Caldecott, Randolph, 1846-1886

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English artist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Holland Street, Kensington, to a Mr. Gatty [prob. not Alfred Gatty], 1885 May 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270133416 English children's author/illustrator, born in Chester, Cheshire, England. Since 1938, the American Library Association annually has awarded the Caldecott Medal in his honor for "most distinguished American picture book for children in the United States published during the preceding year....

Evans, Edmund, 1826-1905

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Evans was born Feb. 23, 1826 in Southwark, London, England; at 13 years old, he became reading boy at Samuel Bentley's, printers in Shoe Lane; in 1840 he was apprenticed to wood-engraver Ebenezer Landells; started business as wood-engraver, first on Fleet St. and later on Racquet Court; became known as color engraver, printing The poems of Oliver Goldsmith (1858) and A chronicle of England (1864); color-printed children's books by Walter Crane, Randolph Caldecott, and Kate Greenaway; retired in ...