Elmer S. Hill, Haydenville MA, 1880s Drawing of Rabbit Before and After Trapping girl with green dress conte crayon

conte crayon

There is a small nick in her bonnet from I think quite a while ago

as the trunk is not a spout

produced by the Photograph Company of America

Elmer S. Hill, Haydenville MA, 1880s Drawing of Rabbit Before and After Trapping girl with green dress conte crayonThe notebook in which I found this and a number of other drawings by Elmer S. Hill of Haydenville MA was already coming apart with some pages loose, so I went ahead and divided it up and am listing these wonderful drawings individully. This might be my favorite of all, with two perspectives on the fate of this little rabbitone as it stands beside a rabbit trap, still free, and then behind bars inside the cage, so empathetic! I have found a definitive