Elmer S. Hill, Haydenville MA, 1880s "The Old Homestead" Drawing woman and child or all sorts of things

or all sorts of things

all featuring this wonderfully ornate

Klijn's work has been offered at auction multiple times

I believe the hat and outfit on this carved and painted fellow is Colonial era American

Elmer S. Hill, Haydenville MA, 1880s "The Old Homestead" Drawing woman and child or all sorts of thingsThe 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. For me, it is the tiny details on these that make these especially special, and the details in this one perhaps most of all between the two carts, little chairs, blazing fire in brick fireplace, clock on the mantle and