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Washington as a freemason – Historic Reproduction

Washington as a freemason, c1867 Oct. 5. — historic print
Washington as a freemason, c1867 Oct. 5.. Historic print from the Freemasons 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, preserved in this historic print. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Here Washington appears in Masonic regalia, a subject rooted in his initiation into a lodge at Fredericksburg, Virginia, in 1752. The record dates the print to about 1867 and credits the Strobridge Lithographing Company on its shelflist card, though that attribution is unverified. Strobridge was a Cincinnati firm known for popular color prints, and lodges and their members often claimed Washington as one of their own, so images like this one reflected fraternal pride in his membership. The apron and symbols mark the sitter's fraternal ties, which turned a patriotic portrait into a statement about Masonic identity.

Created / publishedc1867 Oct. 5.
Medium1 print.
NotesThis record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Strobridge Lith. Co.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,327 × 1,686 px · prints to 4 × 6 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-110428

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