Hedgehog in Purples Beaver stitched by hand on 5x7

stitched by hand on 5x7 inch 100% cotton watercolour paper

One of my favourite things about old natural history illustrations are the number of animals that were obviously drawn from descriptions

It is stitched onto cold-pressed 100% cotton paper

Based on a 1774 illustration of Bos Bison (American Bison) from ‘Die Såugthiere in Abbildungen Nach Der Natur’

The original dress is held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art (accession 1981

Hedgehog in Purples Beaver stitched by hand on 5x7The only reason I dont have a pet hedgehog is because then Id have to keep mealworms around, andick! Luckily, my stitched paper hedgies dont need to be fed, so they are much less maintenance than a real one. They are covered in a gazillion wee stitched spikes, and have little glass bead eyes. Based on a 1774 illustration of Erinaceus europaeus (European, or Common Hedgehog) from Die Saugthiere in Abbildungen Nach Der Natur. The hedgehog is 4. 25