Catching Butterflies

A young Victorian boy and girl are sitting in a field of flowers catching butterflies with their hats. The two children appear to be quite unsuccessful at catching the elusive butterflies that surround them. This wonderful drawing of children is copyright free and downloadable for your next creative project.

If you would like to accompany this illustration with a butterfly or two, the same illustrator drew this free butterfly image

There’s just something so charming about the work of Ida Waugh (d.1919). It was use to illustrate Holly Berries which was published in 1881.

Catching Butterflies

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.