Ida Rentoul Outhwaite
The Witch on her Broomstick
reproduction from The Enchanted Forest, originally published in 1921
 
Image size size 19.5 cm x 27cm 
 
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 .