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Shaker Museum

Photograph, Cabinet

Portrait of Sister Amelia J. Calver

1890-1910

Object ID:
1960.11763.1
Community:
New York, Mount Lebanon
Makers
Kemethy, Kets
Description

Sister Amelia Calver was photographed by a Washington, D. C. photographer. It is likely that she was in Washington visiting her brother James Valentine Calver, a dentist in that city, who had once been a Shaker at Mount Lebanon. A second copy of this portrait of Sister Amelia in the Shaker Museum|Mount Lebanon Collection (Accession Number 1967.16069.33) presents the same image on a different mount. This suggests that someone ordered additional prints of the photograph at a later date.

New York Mount Lebanon Church Family

New York Mount Lebanon Church Family

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Shaker Museum Photograph, Cabinet. https://shakermuseum.us/object/?id=18457. Accessed on April 18, 2024

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Shane Rothe

Curatorial Associate

Shane Rothe (they/them) joined Shaker Museum in July 2023, working with independent curator Maggie Taft on an exhibition for the new museum space in Chatham. Shane is an artist as well as a curator and continues to create in the mediums of painting, sculpture, writing, and performance. Shane holds a BFA from CalArts and an MA in art history and curatorial studies from the University of Chicago.