Photograph, Cabinet

Sister Cecelia DeVere

Object ID:
1962.13952.1
Community:
New York, Mount Lebanon
Makers
Butler, Frank T.
Description

Inscribed on front, "Cecelia DeVere, Shaker Poetess." There is a photographic portrait of Eldress Anna White in the Edward Deming and Faith Andrews Memorial Collection at the Winterthur Library that was created by Frank T. Butler. That photograph also has the background painted out in the same manner as the portrait here of Sister Cecelia. The catalog number of Eldress Anna's portrait is SA 1348.1. [See image 3]

New York Mount Lebanon North Family

New York Mount Lebanon North Family

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Shaker Museum Photograph, Cabinet. https://shakermuseum.us/object/?id=16777. Accessed on November 27, 2024

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