Black and white public domain fancy letter S image. This drop cap letter S image is one of a set of letter images where the letter looks like it was carved and surrounded by curling vines. The 13 letter set of images includes the following additional letters: A, B, C, E, H, I, L, M, N, O, T and U.
All of these letter images were included in the 1872 publicaiton A Book of Emblems with Interpretations Thereof. It remains unclear if the publishers Bell and Daldy used letters from a print foundry, they were drawn by the author Alfred Gatty (1809-1873) or they were drawn by some un-named artist.
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.
