Fieldmouse (Bewick)
mus sylvaticus - the LONG- TAILED FIELD-MOUSE : this is the Country Mouse of Aesop's fable, who prefers to risk reapers and predator birds to adopting an urban lifestyle
Picture No
13729144
Media ID
45395707
Size
4619px x 3381px
(1.9MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Wood engraving by Thomas Bewick in his General History of Quadrupeds (1790). Image digitally colourised
Date
1790
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1790 Adopting Aesop Bewick Fable Fieldmouse Mice Prefers Reapers Sylvaticus Tailed
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