Young Maid Reading

A pretty young maid reads her journal while walking a country lane. This lovely image of children is copyright free and in the public domain and provides a nice country scene with flowers and a large farm house in the background.

This illustration and a number of others comes from the 1880 children’s book Afternoon Tea. It was written by J.G. Sowerby and published by McLoughlin Bros., Inc.

Young Maid Reading

This image is copyright free and in the public domain anywhere that extends copyrights 70 years after death or at least 120 years after publication when the original illustrator is unknown.