Background:

These whimsical prints are from an early edition of Beatrix Potter's Tale of Miss Moppet, originally published in 1906.  It tells the story how a cat named Miss Moppet trys to trick a taunting mouse by wrapping her head in a dusting cloth, pretending to be ill.  Peeking out of a hole in the duster she catches him, and ties him up in the cloth.  However, the mouse has the last laugh - he escapes through the hole in the duster and dances a triumphant jig on top of the cupboard!