Elmer S. Hill, Haydenville MA, 1880s Drawing of Rabbit Before and After Trapping wall rack and the lush

and the lush

and I interpret the image as a woman's face in profile

with small holes in the velvet

poetic name for a place

Elmer S. Hill, Haydenville MA, 1880s Drawing of Rabbit Before and After Trapping wall rack and the lushThe 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