Print, Relief

Description

"Dinner-Time at Mount Lebanon," a print showing a group of sisters carrying side chairs down a staircase, led at the foreground by three little girls; brothers can be seen at the left and in the background carrying side chairs from a different room. In some families, it was customary to carry chairs from room to room as needed, rather than producing chairs for each member to use in each room; here the Shakers were bringing their chairs from the meeting room to the dining room of the dwelling house after the meeting had concluded. This image represents the first time a visiting artist was allowed to portray the interior of a Shaker dwelling house. The illustration has been cut down from page 536 of The Graphic, published on May 7, 1870 as part of the series "Graphic America."