Freemasons Collection (page 16)

Engraved Board
The bizarrely engraved board of the Knight of the East and West, illuminated by the " magic lamp". Date: 1890s

The Infernal Chamber
Brother gaze upon paintings depicting demons and the damned in Hell, who do not seem to be suffering. In the centre, Hiram is being crowned by Eblis. 1890s

Granpops Lodge of Instruction
Humorous illustration by Lawson Wood showing his orang-utan character, Granpop together with a monkey and a pig attending a Freemasons meeting at a makeshift Lodge! 1934

Knight of Grand Serpent
The ceremonial initiation of a Knight of the Bronze Serpent : the participants march anti- clockwise round a tumulus surmounted by a caduceus - a crucifix with a serpent Date: 1890s

Baptism of Baby Mason
Baptism of a baby mason Date: 1890s

Apprentice Received
An apprentice is ceremonially received into a French Lodge by the Master Date: 1890s

Edward & Masons Arch
When Edward and Alexandra visit Oxford, the Apollo University Lodge of Freemasons honours them with an Arch of Honour Date: June 1863

Zetland, Mason
The Earl of Zetland, the Most Worshipful Grand Master of the United Lodge of England, in his ceremonial garb and bedecked with medals Date: 1869

Initiation Rite
If we can believe Leo Taxil, some of the initiation rites of the Masons are little more than schoolboy pranks... Date: 1890s

Interior, Cheshunt Great House, Cheshunt, Hertfordshire
An interior shot of the hall at Cheshunt Great House, at Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, showing a large fireplace, two unusual wooden chairs, and various suits of armour

Cheshunt Great House, Cheshunt, Hertfordshire
View through trees of Cheshunt Great House, at Cheshunt, Hertfordshire. The building dates back to the 15th century. For much of the the 19th

Masonic Procession
Procession of Freemasons Orphans at Freemasons Hall

Masons Support Commune
Paris Freemasons support the Commune, thereby damning themselves even further in the eyes of the Catholic Church

Female Apprentice
A female apprentice is inducted into one of the French lodges which admit the existence of women and accept them as Co-Masons

Dr Syntax / Freemasons Hal
Dr Syntax at Freemasons Hall

Masonic Banners
During the Paris Commune, Masonic banners are raised by the Communards at Porte Maillot, as a gesture of defiance against the Church

Masons Song
Song On Masons and Masonry with amazing words : Their godlike Actions reach ye Skies, Heroes & Kings revere their Name and Poets sing their deathless Fame

Masonic Baptism
Members of a French Lodge propose to baptise a Brothers child (a louveteau, or wolf cub) according to Masonic ritual : its mother is not at all keen on the idea

Washington, Mason
George Washington, President of the USA, presides at the altar of his Lodge while planning the laying of the corner stone of the Capitol Building, Washington

Egan / Theatre Fund Dinner
Theatrical fund dinner held at freemasons tavern

Freemasons Poison
Poison prepared at Naples for Masons to use... alleges

Birds / Pigeons
Prize pigeons at the show of the Philo-Peristeron society held in freemasons hall

Bible Society Meeting
Meeting of the British & Foreign Bible Society in Freemasons Hall. Date: circa 1819

J T Desaguliers
JOHN THEOPHILUS DESAGULIERS French Huguenot refugee in England, scientist, third grand master in Freemasons

Scottish Masons Process
A procession of Saint Jamess Masonic Lodge, Tarbolton, Ayrshire (Scotland); note the symbolic objects carried by the leaders

Masons Ridiculed
English masons mocked by the Order of Gormogons, a society for ridiculing freemasonry which claimed to have been founded by the Emperor of China

A French Master
A French Lodge admits a Master who lies on the ground with a blood-soaked cloth over his face, while the existing Masters point their swords at his body, very symbolically

Saved by a Brother
American Revolutionary Captain MacKinsty, captured by hostile Iroquois, is about to be burnt when their leader Brandt, recognising a brother-Mason, saves him, though an enemy

Edward VII Mason / Photo
EDWARD, Prince of Wales, (subsequently king Edward VII) in his ceremonial regalia as Grand Master of English Freemasons, a position he held from 1875 to 1901

Edward VII as Mason
EDWARD, Prince of Wales, (subsequently king Edward VII) in his ceremonial regalia as Grand Master of English Freemasons, a position he held from 1875 to 1901

Andrew Montgomerie
Brother ANDREW MONTGOMERIE a famous Grand Tyler of the Grand Lodge of Freemasons in the 18th century

George Iv, Mason
GEORGE IV in the regalia of Grand Master of Freemasons

Chevalier D eon, Mason
Charles-Genevieve-Louis- Auguste-Andre Timothee, le Chevalier d Eon, French adventurer and transvestite, depicted here as a Freemason in 1768

Mrs Aldworth, Mason
MRS ALDWORTH The famous Lady Freemason

Masonic Ticket / Glasgow
Ticket for a Freemasons assembly in Glasgow

Social Groups / Societies /
Constitutions of French masonic lodges as set out by De la Tierce, 1742

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