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Page 893 of Harper's Weekly, September 23, 1871, with illustration "Elder Frederick Evans at Home." It was based upon the engraving "Shaker Evans at Home" which was first published in The Graphic on August 26, but was an unauthorized copy with Houghton's signature removed. It shows a Shaker worship meeting in the meeting room of the dwelling house of the Mount Lebanon North Family, with Elder Frederick Evans standing at center, holding an open book and looking to his left. At right are a row of seated brethren. At left are several rows of seated sisters and to Elder Frederick's immediate right are three little girls, the same girls seen in "Dinner-Time at Mount Lebanon," "Shakers at Meeting. The Religious Dance." and "Shakers at Meeting. The Final Procession." Elder Frederick reportedly disliked the illustration; after this issue of Harper's Weekly was published, the editors of Harper's wrote in October that Elder Frederick felt "aggrieved" and assured them that "it was simply a caricature, and that it was drawn with malicious intent."