Drop cap, fancy letter A image with scrollwork. This letter image is different among many that we have seen as it combines the typical square rubber-stamp type image with a bit of doodle-like scroll work on the top and bottom of the letter.
This fancy letter A image is one of a set of 12 letters found in the same vintage book. The other letters are C, D, G, H,
I, J, M, O, P, T and W.
This set of fancy letters were all used in the 1881 book How a Little Boy Learned to Be Wise and Good. It was written by Helen Cross Knight (1814-1906). These images are most likely from the publisher Thomas Nelson and Sons.
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.
