One of five lit candles in holders here on Reusable Art to date, this image with a burning candle looks like today’s clip art but was drawn over 100 years ago. Which means, unlike today’s clip art, you don’t have to worry about it being in copyright and can use it freely in your own projects.
Holly Berries is a book from 1881 which is overflowing with wonderful illustrations by the talented artist Ida Waugh (d.1919). There were four similar candle stick drawings in this book. The other three are – here, here and here.
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.
