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Image Not Available for Shaker village, Enfield.
Shaker village, Enfield.
Image Not Available for Shaker village, Enfield.

Shaker village, Enfield.

Dateprobably 1836
MediumDrawing; ink on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 3 1/8 x 4 3/4in. (8 x 12cm)
Credit LineGift of Houghton Bulkeley
DescriptionA double row of building, including large communal dwelling houses. Buildings belonging to the Family in the center of the Shaker village are generally called the Church Family. A man and a boy with hoes and a man pushing a wheelbarrow, apparently in Shaker dress, are in the right foreground, by a row of trees and in front of a fence.
Object number1953.5.87
NotesPreliminary drawing for Connecticut Historical Collections, John Warner Barber, New Haven, 1836.
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