Whether you think this child looks like a boy or a girl, it would make a great picture to use in your next crafting, web design or other project. What child hasn’t at one time or another drawn on the wall, often to the great displeasure of their parent?
The story that accompanied this copyright free image does indicate this is a little boy but I think with the long curly hair and sweet face, it could just as easily be a little girl.
The Nursery, A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers Vol XIII – No. 4 was a children’s magazine that was published in 1873. That publication date puts this vintage image in the public domain.
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.