Randolph Caldecott
British artist and illustrator (1846-1886) · Artists · Died at 39
Randolph Caldecott was a prolific British artist and illustrator who illustrated novels and accounts of foreign travel, made humorous drawings depicting hunting and fashionable life, drew cartoons, made sketches of the Houses of Parliament inside and out, and exhibited sculptures and paintings in oil and watercolour in the Royal Academy.
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![A pen and ink drawing Caldecott had published in a Manchester newspaper[7]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Caldecott_Pen_%26_Ink_Manchester.png/330px-Caldecott_Pen_%26_Ink_Manchester.png)
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He is most famous for his illustrations of children's books, for transforming the style of book illustration, and for his continuing influence on illustrators of children's books.
