Here's an unusual book that doesn't turn up very often - this is a copy of
Book of Drawings by Fred Richardson from 1899. It's a lovely collection of artwork done by Frederick Richardson for the
Chicago Daily News newspaper. Richardson was the illustrator for L. Frank Baum's
Queen Zixi of Ix, and the original printing of
A Kidnapped Santa Claus, as well as many other children's classics.
This seems to be his earliest book - it's a compilation of newspaper drawings and features a range of artwork from editorial cartoon to lovely fantasy images. Just like W.W. Denslow and John R. Neill, Richardson started as a newspaper artist - it seems to be a common beginning for many of the great illustrators of the period!
Here's an unusual book that doesn't turn up very often - this is a copy of Book of Drawings by Fred Richardson from 1899. It's a lovely collection of artwork done by Frederick Richardson for the Chicago Daily News newspaper. Richardson was the illustrator for L. Frank Baum's Queen Zixi of Ix, and the original printing of A Kidnapped Santa Claus, as well as many other children's classics.
This seems to be his earliest book - it's a compilation of newspaper drawings and features a range of artwork from editorial cartoon to lovely fantasy images. Just like W.W. Denslow and John R. Neill, Richardson started as a newspaper artist - it seems to be a common beginning for many of the great illustrators of the period!
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