Fun animal band with an owl, grasshoppers, and frogs. This image is a bit distressed like many of the others from this book but the colorized portion of the image appears to be in excellent condition.
This vintage illustration appeared in the 1873 work Original Christmas Stories: The bell fo the fruits, Little Betty, The naughty little squirrel and How they helped Santa Claus. The publisher, Baldwin the Clothier, most likely commissioned this work as a Christmas favor for their customers. It did not identify the authors of the short stories or the illustrator(s).
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.
