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Gift of Houghton Bulkeley, 1953.5.88  © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society. This image has…
Shaker Meeting House, Enfield.
Gift of Houghton Bulkeley, 1953.5.88 © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society. This image has been edited in Photoshop to enhance the pencil drawing, and make it more visible.

Shaker Meeting House, Enfield.

ArtistDrawn by John Warner Barber American, 1798 - 1885
Date1834
MediumDrawing; pencil on paper
DimensionsSheet (height x width): 7 1/2 x 11 7/16in. (19 x 29cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Houghton Bulkeley
DescriptionSouth of the Shaker Meeting House and buildings belonging to the Family in the center of the village Enfield.A double row of building, including large communal dwelling houses. Notes identify an "office" and the "Church Family". Buildings belonging to the Family in the center of the Shaker village are generally called the Church Family. A man and a boy apparently in Shaker dress are in the right foreground, beneath a row of trees and in front of a fence
Object number1953.5.88
Subject Terms
    On View
    Not on view
    Gift of Houghton Bulkeley, 1953.5.87  © 2001 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    John Warner Barber
    probably 1836
    Gift of Houghton Bulkeley, 1953.5.212  © 2001 The Connecticut Historical Society. This image ha…
    John Warner Barber
    1836
    Gift of Houghton Bulkeley, 1953.5.148  © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society. This image ha…
    John Warner Barber
    1834
    Gift of Houghton Bulkeley, 1953.5.147  © 2001 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    John Warner Barber
    probably 1836
    Museum purchase, 1986.159.0  © 2002 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Kellogg & Comstock
    1850-1851
    Shakers, Their Mode of Worship.
    D. W. Kellogg & Co.
    1830-1840
    Gift of Houghton Bulkeley, 1953.5.257  © 2001 The Connecticut Historical Society. This image ha…
    John Warner Barber
    1835
    Gift of Houghton Bulkeley, 1953.5.18  © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society. This image has…
    John Warner Barber
    1835
    Salt and Pepper Shakers
    Unknown
    late 20th century