I want to copy a graphic and then move the copy

to place it amongst text boxes but it just won’t go where I want it to, it disappears. I have divided an A4 sheet into 8 to make 8 cards all the same so have made on card using a graphic and text boxes. I now want to duplicate it and paste into the other spaces. I cant select and group the boxes and graphic using shift click and group, it won’t let me and when I copy the graphic I can’t then position it, it either disappears or won’t let me get to the actual placement area.
I’m using Writer with the draw function to make text boxes on an iMac.

Prior to copy / paste is the source image anchored “As character”, “To character”, “To paragraph”, or “To page”?