Ida Rentoul Outhwaite
The Sea Fairies
reproduction from Elves and Fairies in the Australian Bush, originally published in 1916
 
Image size size 18 cm x 21cm 
 
Ida Outhwaite was born into a gifted literary and artistic family.   
Her illustrations were first published in 1903 in the Australian magazine, New Idea.  In 1916 she brought out her first coloured work, Elves and Fairies which was a great success .