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Washington as a Freemason / Strobridge & Gerlach lithographers, Pike's Opera House, Cincinnati, O. – Antique Print

Washington as a Freemason / Strobridge & Gerlach lithographers, Pike's Opera House, Cincinnati, O., c1866. — antique lithograph
Washington as a Freemason / Strobridge & Gerlach lithographers, Pike's Opera House, Cincinnati, O., c1866.. Antique lithograph from the Presidents collection.

(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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A window into the past: Washington as a Freemason / Strobridge & Gerlach lithographers, Pike's Opera House, Cincinnati, O., preserved in this antique lithograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Washington as a Freemason / Strobridge & Gerlach lithographers, Pike's Opera House, Cincinnati, O.

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This Cincinnati lithograph by Strobridge & Gerlach shows Washington in Masonic setting, placed beside Andrew Jackson and the Marquis de Lafayette, all three of whom were Freemasons. Washington was initiated into a lodge in Fredericksburg, Virginia, as a young man, and Lafayette joined a Paris lodge in the 1770s, so the print links the founders to a fraternal tradition that remained popular after the Civil War. Its imprint also names Pike's Opera House, a Cincinnati venue, and the color work and symbolism are worth examining for the Masonic emblems that frame the figures.

Created / publishedc1866.
Medium1 print : lithograph, color.
GenrePortrait prints 1860-1870.Lithographs Color 1860-1870.
NotesCopyright by Strobridge & Gerlach.
SubjectsWashington, George,--1732-1799. Jackson, Andrew,--1767-1845. Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier,--marquis de,--1757-1834. Fraternal organizations--1860-1870.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,211 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-110622

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