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(49) Junction, a mouse, attacked by an owl, 1980.
Published in A Mouse Called Junction, by Julia Cunningham, illustrated by Michael Hague.
New York: Pantheon Books, 1980.
Watercolor, brown ink, and ink wash, with opaque white over graphite underdrawing.
Art Wood Collection of Cartoon and Caricature
Prints and Photographs Division
LC-DIG-ppmsca-05857 (49)
In this children's book illustration, an owl threatens a mouse named Junction, whose shoulder has been injured. In the dark forest setting, the shadow of a large rat on the left plays off against the owl; between them, the vulnerable form of the mouse stands out. Michael Hague (b. 1948) depicts this pivotal scene in Julia Cunningham's A Mouse Called Junction, the story of a mouse who seeks adventure beyond his cozy home and is saved from an owl by a lonely rat. A leading illustrator of children's books, Hague has created many vivid images, particularly in the areas of fantasy and classic animal stories. |