Washington as a Mason / drawn by J.F. Queen ; printed in oil colors by P.S. Duval Son & Co. – Vintage Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this antique lithograph of Washington as a Mason / drawn by J.F. Queen ; printed in oil colors by P.S. Duval Son & Co.. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Washington as a Mason / drawn by J.F. Queen ; printed in oil colors by P.S. Duval Son & Co.
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Few portraits of George Washington show him as a Freemason, which makes this chromolithograph unusual among his popular images. Washington joined a lodge in Fredericksburg, Virginia, in 1752 and stayed active in Masonry for decades, including taking part in the Masonic ceremony for the U.S. Capitol cornerstone in 1793. Philadelphia printers P.S. Duval & Co. issued this color print from a design credited to J.F. Queen, reflecting the lasting appeal of Masonic images of the first president in the decades after the Civil War.
| Created / published | Phila. : P.S. Duval Son & Co., c1867. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : chromolithograph. |
| Notes | This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card, with subsequent revisions. Associated name on shelflist card: Duval (P.S.) Son & Co. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,092 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-173709 |
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