"Mr Rat and Froggy on their best behaviour" - taken from the old nursery rhyme: 'A Frog he would a Wooing Go'
vintage print, published 1883. illustration: Randolph Caldecott (1846-1886)
size of image: 18 x 16 cms. size of product: (margins wide enough for framing) 23 x 20 cms.
Miss Mousey inviting them to sit up for a hearty meal (lunch time). I like her blue flower arrangement!
NB Beatrix Potter influenced by Caldecott's illustrations for her old Mr Rat, Samuel Whiskers?