| Antique Print Mouse Art - Natural History Print A beautiful illustration from a British Victorian natural history book. The quality of the illustrations is superb, some of the best of the period. This is a beautiful images of a pair of Dormice in the branches of a tree.
The Dormouse is a nocturnal animal passing the whole of the day in its warm and neatly constructed nest, which is generally built in the most retired spot of some thick bush or small tree. It is a very active creature, leaping from branch to branch, and traversing the intricate mazes of the brush-wood with such ready featness, that it can scarcely be taken by human hand. Generally, when a Dormouse is captured, it is secured while sleeping in its nest, for during its slumbers it is son deeply buried in repose that it can be handles without offering resistance or attempting escape. The food of the Dormouse consists of various fruits and seeds, such as acorns, nuts, haws and corn. (1874) |
