And today’s stumble across it retro illustration love goes to…

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Painting of a golden brown hamster on a black background…these charming illustrations from 1964’s “Good senses and instincts: Biography of a hamster.”

Writer and illustrator Ruth Tzarffati both wrote and illustrated this tale of a beloved gold-colored hamster.

The text is in Hebrew so I don’t know the details of the story. But the illustrations are all kinds of retro good….*swoon*.

I went in search of some info on Ms. Tzarffati and found out she is a painter and sculptor as well and I found this very brief biography here (looks like the T was dropped at some point?).

You can see a full scan of the book here.

 

Black and white illustration of two hamsters

 

Illustration of a golden brown hamster on a perch

 

Black and white close up illustration of a chubby hamster

 

Illustration of 7 golden brown hamsters