Randolph Caldecott

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“Gavotte,” illustration by Randolph Caldecott from Bretonfolk

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Vandalized Art list. Combo of EB owned illustration (top) and parent Asset 182294. 4 of 11 The Rokeby Venus by Diego Velazquez was hit with a meat cleaver by Mary Richardson

Art Abuse: 11 Vandalized Works of Art

Painting palette with oil paints and brushes. Rainbow colored paints, arts and entertainment

Art History: The Origins of 7 of Your Favorite Art Supplies

Members of the public view artwork by Damien Hirst entitled: The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living - in the Tate Modern art gallery on April 2, 2012 in London, England. (see notes) (1991) Tiger shark, glass, steel

Vile or Visionary?: 11 Art Controversies of the Last Four Centuries

Sculpture of woman before restoration (left) and after restoration on the exterior of an office building in Palencia, Spain. (art restoration)

5 Art Restorations Gone Wrong

9 Obscure Literary Terms

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9 of the World’s Deadliest Snakes

Vietnam War. U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson awards the Distinguished Service Cross to First Lieutenant Marty A. Hammer, during a visit to military personnel, Cam Ranh Bay, South Vietnam, October 26, 1966. President Johnson

Vietnam War Timeline

Young boys working in a thread spinning mill in Macon, Georgia, 1909. Boys are so small they have to climb onto the spinning frame to reach and fix broken threads and put back empty bobbins. Child labor. Industrial revolution

The Rise of the Machines: Pros and Cons of the Industrial Revolution

Chapter 4 pg 42 - Chapter header of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. Published in 1884 by The American Publishing Company

Periods of American Literature

Small, white rat (genus Rattus) on a glass table. (rodent, laboratory, experiment)

Cruel and Unusual Punishments: 15 Types of Torture

African Americans demonstrating for voting rights in front of the White House as police and others watch, March 12, 1965. One sign reads, "We demand the right to vote everywhere." Voting Rights Act, civil rights.

Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement

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Why Is Pluto No Longer a Planet?

Randolph Caldecott: Facts & Related Content

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Born	March 22, 1846 • Chester • England
Died	February 12, 1886 (aged 39) • St. Augustine • Florida

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Aubrey Beardsley

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Charles Dana Gibson

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du Maurier, George: Study at a Quiet French Watering-Place

George du Maurier

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E. H. Shepard

English artist

Beatrix Potter

British author

Walter Crane

British illustrator and painter

Thomas Rowlandson

English painter and caricaturist

Kate Greenaway

British illustrator

Macbeth and Banquo encounter the Three Witches, illustration by John Gilbert for an edition of Shakespeare's works, 1858–60.

Sir John Gilbert

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Will James

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Elizabeth Enright

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Tony Sarg

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Ib Spang Olsen

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Lynd Ward

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Hendrik Willem Van Loon

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Ludwig Bemelmans

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Hans Holbein the Younger

German painter

Dr. Seuss

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Hokusai

Japanese artist

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Book Jacket of "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" by American children's author illustrator Eric Carle (born 1929)

Classic Children’s Books Quiz

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