Lithograph

Title:

Shakers, their mode of Worship

Object Name:

Lithograph

Object ID:

1957.011

Creator:

Kellogg, D. W., & Co. (c. 1830-1840)Artist

Place of Origin:

Hartford, CT

Date:

1836-1840

Description:

Lithograph of Shakers, lithographed by D. W. Kellogg and Company, 1836-1840. Ink on paper. View of Shakers dancing; four rows of women on left side of room and two rows of men on right side of room. Woman seated, dressed in bonnet and holding a fan, looks on from left foreground. Large windows in background with coats, shawls, and hats hanging between windows. Right side of image cut to fit in frame. Title in lower margin: "SHAKERS, / their mode of Worship." Signed in lower margin at left: "Lith. of D.W. Kellogg & Co." Typed and written label on back (now in accession folder): "Presented to the New Hampshire Historical Society / by Nellie Barnes Hebard, White River Junction, Vt. / Owned by her Father, W. W. Barnes, and by his Father who was, in the olden days, an Inn Keeper / in East Lebanon, N.H. / An authentic pencil drawing of the Shakers in Enfield, N.H. / W. W. Barnes = William Welsh Barnes married / Myra Andress Hall / daughter Ellen Andress (Barnes) Hebard". Period molded wood frame, painted black; glazed.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-8.9 W-11.9 inches

Provenance:

Presented to the N.H. Historical Society by Nellie Barnes Hebard, White River Junction, VT. Owned by her father William W. Barnes (1832-1897) and by his father who was an innkeeper in West Lebanon, NH. Nellie Hebard is sister of George Smith's mother.

Although the donor's family thought the print depicts Shakers in Enfield, NH, it actually depicts the Shaker community in Mount Lebanon, NY.

Credit Line:

New Hampshire Historical Society Collection

People:

Barnes, William W. (1832-1897), Hebard, Ellen, Plummer, Hazel, Kellogg, Daniel W.

Subjects:

Dance, Dances, Religious sects, Shakers