Randolph Caldecott

The illustrated nursery rhymes of Randolph Caldecott, the British artist and illustrator who the Caldecott Medal was named in his honor. Caldecott greatly influenced the illustration of childrens book during the nineteenth century.

The illustrations for this book are derived fromThe Complete Collection of Pictures & Songs by Randolph Caldecott, published posthumously in 1887. The illustrations were reproduced by engraver Edmund Evans using wood blocks and a technique known as chromoxylography.