Bay Lynx (with trapped claw), Ruth Reynold 1930s Graphite Drawing detroit The white details of the

The white details of the face (including smiling mouth) mane and tale were hand-painted on top of a layer of brown paint

I might guess the latter

which dates it and makes for some pretty interesting reading itself

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Bay Lynx (with trapped claw), Ruth Reynold 1930s Graphite Drawing detroit The white details of theI found a whole folio of graphite drawings by young Ruth Reynolds in (and of) Lancaster County PA, depicting a variety of animals a group of birds listed separately today, and more to come, but first this Bay Lynx, looking straight at us as if imploring our intervention, to free it from the bind it finds itself in. The Bay Lynx, better known as the Bobcat, is symbolically associated with night vision (and keen perception), strategic plotting, and