"The picture was bought by me of poor Caldecott in 1878. I think it was exhibited at the Royal Academy in that year, but I bought it from his easel. It is an oil painting, 3 ft. 6 in. by 2 ft. 9 in., and the subject is the 'Three Huntsmen.' I remember his bringing the song to my house after the purchase, and reading the song with great enjoyment, pointing out to us how he had illustrated the verse, 'We hunted and we holloed till the setting of the sun.' My little granddaughter (Millais' 'Dorothy Thorpe') was his model for several of his Christmas books. She is the little girl in Sing a Song of Sixpence and several others, and possesses copies sent by him with little sketches and dedications. He is indeed a national loss."
The Three Huntsmen (Oil Painting).
Royal Academy, 1878.
In the Grosvenor Gallery of the same year Caldecott exhibited a small metal bas-relief of "A Boar Hunt," of which he made the following sketch in Grosvenor Notes.
"A Boar Hunt" (Bas-relief). Grosvenor Gallery, 1878.
No. 232. 8 in. × 18 in.