Handwritten Page of Sheet Music copied for Clara G. Churhill by a Shaker Sister: "As a rose in the wilderness blooming and fair / Even so shall thou my Lion appear / As the hosts of heaven they strength shall be / And the weary and hungry shall come unto thee."
Unidentified Enfield Shaker maker (Enfield, New Hampshire), American, active 1793-1923
Shaker Community
late 19th-early 20th century
Ink on paper
Overall: 5 1/8 × 12 in. (13 × 30.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Frank C. and Clara G. Churchill
46.22.17314
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Drawing
Research Area
Drawing
Not on view
Exhibition History
An Ever-Widening Circle of Friends, The Enfield Shaker Museum, Enfield, New Hampshire, May 30-October 31, 2006.
Provenance
Collected by Frank C. (1850-1912) and Clara G. Churchill (1851-1945), Lebanon, New Hampshire; given to present collection, 1946.
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