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Gift of Houghton Bulkeley, 1953.5.62  © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society. This image has…
Sandemanian Church, Danbury.
Gift of Houghton Bulkeley, 1953.5.62 © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society. This image has been edited in Photoshop to enhance the pencil drawing, and make it more visible.

Sandemanian Church, Danbury.

ArtistDrawn by John Warner Barber American, 1798 - 1885
Date1834
MediumDrawing; pencil on paper
DimensionsSheet (height x width): 6 11/16 x 7 7/8in. (17 x 20cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Houghton Bulkeley
DescriptionView of the building in the northern part of Danbury in which Robert Sandeman established his church in 1763. The former church is a small two-story building on the left. A small one-story building is in the center and part of a second two-story building is at the right. Inscriptions identify "board fence[s" in the foreground. Another note indicates the "Dining Room with every Sunday a kind of Love Feast." The Sandemanians believed their church was the only true church, arisen from the ruins of the Antichrist, whose reign was near its close
Object number1953.5.62
NotesSubject Note: Preliminary drawing for Connecticut Historical Collections, John Warner Barber, New Haven, 1836.
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