Vintage black and white illustration of a dog rose flower. This large flower image is copyright free and in the public domain. With a single large flower, several buds and thorny leaf-covered stems, this rose image would make a great addition to your next craft project. It would also make a lovely image for black work embroidery.
A Year With the Wild Flowers provided a number of wonderful flower images for Reusable Art. It was published sometime in the 1870s and published by the Wesleyan Conference Office. They did not list an illustrator and this drawing does not include a legible signature. The author was Edith Waddy.
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.