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Randolph Caldecott

British artist and illustrator (1846-1886)
Person human Q1364488

Facts

23 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[15]
Date of birth
March 22, 1846
Date of death
February 12, 1886, February 13, 1886[4][10]
Place of birth
Chester
Place of death
St. Augustine
Country of citizenship
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland[12]
Occupation
painter, illustrator, exlibrist, short story writer, artist
Field of work
young adult literature[13]
Educated at
The King's School, Chester[14]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[23]
Artist files at
Frick Art Research Library
Copyright status as a creator
copyrights on works have expired
Described by source
Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921, Lexicon van de jeugdliteratuur[18][19][20][21][22]
End of work period
1886
Family name
Caldecott[16]
Given name
Randolph[17]
Has works in the collection
Tate, National Gallery of Art, Clark Art Institute, Ackland Art Museum, Manchester Art Gallery, Bristol City Museum & Art Gallery, Hill Top Farm, Huis van het boek
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/Frick Art Reference Library, NADD Wikidata project
P14536
401254
P14883
9847
Place of burial
Evergreen Cemetery[11]
Start of work period
1867
🏷️ Also known as
en Caldecott en Randolph Caldecott fa راندولف کالدکوت he רנדולף קולדקט ja ランドルフ・コールデコット nl Randolph Caldecott ru Калдекотт, Рандольф ru Рандольф Калдекотт zh 藍道夫·凱迪克
🔖 Identifiers · 97
ISNI
0000000080982876
VIAF cluster ID
19687125
Library of Congress authority ID
n50032151
GND ID
121351246
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Self Portrait - Randolph Caldecott - ABDAG002659.jpg ↗
AAGM person or institution ID
543
ARTIC artist ID
33837
Aozora Bunko author ID
1756
Archives at Yale agent ID
people/97533
Art UK artist ID
caldecott-randolph-18461886
Artcyclopedia artist ID
caldecott_randolph
Artnet artist ID
randolph-caldecott
Show all 97 identifiers +85
AskArt person ID
23680
Athenaeum person ID
8217
BHL creator ID
27962
BIBSYS ID
10051453
Benezit ID
B00030423
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
11991804j
Bridgeman artist ID
185
CANTIC ID
981061037760906706
CONOR.BG ID
56201573
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf10047486
Christie's creator ID
14630
CiNii Research ID
1140845216525798784
DBNL author ID
cald004
DDB person (GND) ID
121351246
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
121351246
Discogs artist ID
3945653
DoME artist ID
5525
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/Randolph-Caldecott
Europeana entity
agent/base/72552
FAST ID
10764
Find a Grave memorial ID
6450814
Freebase ID
/m/05xmbb
Frick Art Research Library Artist File ID
991003945529707141
GCD creator ID
18254
Geni.com profile ID
364819186870011223
Goodreads author ID
374172
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Randolph_Caldecott
Grove Art Online ID
T013129
ISFDB author ID
134537
IdRef ID
028943082
Invaluable.com person ID
2j0be1rr0s
Japan Search name ID
ランドルフ・コールデコット
LastDodo-area-ID
1967129
Libraries Australia ID
35024643
LibriVox author ID
2696
Libris-URI
nl022z6614szksg
MSBI person ID
msib1_1205506114
Met Constituent ID
73106
MusicBrainz artist ID
ba59c281-5dd1-4ce2-93fd-7016231da0e7
Musée d'Orsay artist or personality ID
6622
MutualArt artist ID
10E8FFCB057EA58E
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA05301015
NDL Authority ID
00435077
NE.se ID
randolph-caldecott
NLA Trove people ID
798473
NUKAT ID
n2003047291
National Gallery of Art artist ID
9823
National Library of Ireland ID
vtls000086845
National Library of Israel ID (old)
000407722
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007280304405171
National Library of Korea ID
KAC200903549
National Library of Latvia ID
000338548
National Library of Lithuania ID
LNB:CJo3;=BV
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810641623905606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX5703808
National Portrait Gallery (London) person ID
mp06751
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
068711786
Online Books Page author ID
Caldecott, Randolph, 1846-1886
Open Library ID
OL2535479A, OL4265050A
Open Plaques subject ID
225
OpenMLOL author ID
897
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ID
4365
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803095542393
Project Gutenberg author ID
3611
RA Collections ID
6481
RERO ID (legacy)
A003069640
RKDartists ID
14768
Rijksmuseum Research Library authority ID
18116
Royal Academy ID
randolph-caldecott
SBN author ID
BVEV045448
SELIBR ID
182706
SNAC ARK ID
w6jw8wfc
Tate artist ID
randolph-caldecott-76
Te Papa agent ID
442
The Encyclopedia of Fantasy ID
caldecott_randolph
Treccani ID
randolph-caldecott
UK National Archives ID
F52565
Union List of Artist Names ID
500002467
Vatican Library VcBA ID
495/161604
Watercolour World artist ID
randolph-caldecott
Wellcome Collection concept ID
zgdkw9hg
WikiTree person ID
Caldecott-167
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJvhkFD7h8XP4P8t8YXcfq
YCBA agent ID
7047
Yale LUX ID
person/8b02889c-14c0-4576-b1d0-1b8bf2d265fe

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🔗 Connections
Has works in the collection 8
National Gallery of Art, Tate, Manchester Art Gallery, Clark Art Institute, Bristol City Museum & Art Gallery, Hill Top Farm, Huis van het boek, Ackland Art Museum
Occupation 3
painter, illustrator, short story writer
Described by source 2
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, The Nuttall Encyclopædia
Country of citizenship 1
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Field of work 1
young adult literature
Influenced 1
Beatrix Potter
Instance of 1
human
Named after 1
Caldecott Medal
Place of birth 1
Chester
Place of death 1
St. Augustine
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

Born in Chester[1], he… he was born on March 22, 1846[2]. He passed away in St. Augustine[3]. He died on February 12, 1886[4]. He worked as a painter[5], illustrator[6], exlibrist[7], short story writer[8], and artist[9].

Body

Works and Contributions

Things named for Randolph Caldecott include Caldecott Medal[24], a literary award[25], in United States[26], founded in 1938[27].

Why It Matters

He has been cited as an influence by Beatrix Potter[28], a writer[29], 1866–1943[30], of United Kingdom[31].

Entities named for him include Caldecott Medal[24], a literary award[25], in United States[26], founded in 1938[27].

FAQs

Where was Randolph Caldecott born?

Randolph Caldecott's place of birth was Chester[1].

Where did Randolph Caldecott die?

Randolph Caldecott passed away in St. Augustine[3].

What did Randolph Caldecott do for work?

Randolph Caldecott worked as painter[5], illustrator[6], exlibrist[7], short story writer[8], and artist[9].

Where did Randolph Caldecott go to school?

Randolph Caldecott was educated at The King's School, Chester[14].

Who did Randolph Caldecott influence?

Randolph Caldecott has been cited as an influence by Beatrix Potter[28].

Related Entities

Beatrix Potter Clark Art Institute National Gallery of Art United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland young adult literature

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Digital Library for Dutch Literature. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [13] ↑ . dbnl.org. Retrieved . dbnl.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . RKDartists. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [6] ↑ . RKDartists. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [7] ↑ . online catalogue of Huis van het boek. Retrieved . mmm-web.adlibhosting.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [2] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [10] ↑ . Digital Library for Dutch Literature. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . dbnl.org. Retrieved . dbnl.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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  5. 19w ago · Printstream · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  6. 26w ago · Magnus Manske · 2026-05-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Place of death → St. Augustine
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