WASHINGTON AS A FREEMASON

MASONRY

Publication Date: 1870

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(MASONRY). "WASHINGTON AS A FREEMASON." A color lithograph showing a full-length portrait of George Washington, dressed in a Masonic apron and holding a trowel in one hand and a mallet in the other, standing beneath a high arch which proclaims "Washington as a Freemason." The arch is supported by a series of receding columns; each column has a capital belonging to a different order. Supporting the central arch, and on either side of it, is a gothic construction of arches and quatrefoil windows; each compartment is filled with either an illustration or an object which is emblematic of Masonry (i.e., an open casket with a shovel and a mallet nearby), or personifications of virtues (Fortitude, Prudence, Temperance, and Justice). Two of the panels contain a eulogistic poem to Wahington, and several of the architectural elements are printed with brief facts about his life (i.e., his date of birth and death, President of the United States, his date of initiation into Masonry and degrees of progress therein, etc.). On either side of the arch, at the top of the gothic towers, are portraits of two other notable Masons, the Marquis de Lafayette and President Andrew Jackson, which are draped with American flags. Cincinnati, OH: J. H.Powers & Co., Fraternity Publishers, 1870. Printed by Strobridge & Company, also of Cincinnati. 22 1/2 by 17 1/2 inches, framed. There is a tiny hole in one margin; otherwise this is a clean and fresh print. Seller Inventory # 59606

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Title: WASHINGTON AS A FREEMASON

Publication Date: 1870