Washington as a master Mason – Vintage Wall Art
![Washington as a master Mason, [c1870] — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/ff/ff61de8a575b-L.webp)
(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 Washington as a master Mason, 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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Washington as a master Mason
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George Washington was a Freemason, initiated in Fredericksburg, Virginia, in 1752 and later raised to Master Mason, and this print turns that membership into a portrait of the first president in full Masonic regalia. The record gives a circa 1870 date and names Duval, Son & Co. on the shelflist card, though that attribution is noted as unverified. Lithographs of this kind were widely sold in the decades after the Civil War, when Washington's image was used to link patriotism with fraternal lodge life. Masonic imagery like the apron, compass and square is worth examining, since it shows how a lodge member's identity could be presented as a civic virtue.
| Created / published | [c1870] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print. |
| Notes | A4722 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Duval, Son & Co. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,163 × 1,686 px · prints to 4 × 6 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-110247 |
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