The Masons' Lord's prayer – 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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Step back in time with The Masons' Lord's prayer, a historic print rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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The Masons' Lord's prayer
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The title sets this print apart: it takes the Lord's Prayer as its organizing idea and presents the text in a Masonic framework. It was deposited for copyright in December 1892, which suggests it was issued as a commercial print, likely aimed at lodge members and their families. The catalog record links it to a name, Huncke, but flags that association as unverified, so the maker is best treated as uncertain. Late nineteenth-century American fraternal prints often combined devotional language with lodge symbolism, and that pairing is worth noticing in the design.
| Created / published | c1892 Dec. 1. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print. |
| Notes | X50105 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Huncke. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,256 × 1,686 px · prints to 4 × 6 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-110650 |
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