Whether you call them drop caps, fancy letters or something else, these vintage letter images add a bit of style and flair to written projects and art projects. This drop cap U drawing looks like a wood block print and could easily be used like a rubber stamp image. It has flowers, vines and dots surrounding a carved wood letter U.
A Girl’s Own Paper Vol VIII no. 354 only identied the editor as Charles Peters. It dates back to 1886 which puts all of the images on Reusable Art from this work 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.