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Freemasonry

Images

  • A man sits on a high chair in front of a table surrounded by others: they watch two men in the middle of the floor perform a ritual. Etching by J. Barlow, 1790, after S. Collings.
  • Asylum for Worthy and Decayed Freemasons, Croydon, England: perspective view and floor plan. Wood engraving by C.D. Laing, 1852.
  • Two men entertain the deaf and dumb in sign language at the Freemason's Tavern. Wood engraving.
  • Royal Masonic Institution for Boys, Wood Green, London. Wood engraving by J. Walmsley after J. Gascoine and H.C. Maguire, 1865.
  • Freemason's Charity for Female Children, Southwark, London: facade. Coloured etching by J. Pass after himself, 1814.
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Catalogue

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    Royal Freemasons' school for Female Children, Wandsworth, London. Wood engraving by C.D. Laing, 1851.

    | Date: 1851 | Reference: 24476i
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    Freemasons' symbols, from architectural instruments to cosmic symbols, with an eye looking downward. Etching, 1788.

    | Date: 1788 | Reference: 27184i
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    Asylum for Worthy and Decayed Freemasons, Croydon, England: perspective view and floor plan. Wood engraving by C.D. Laing, 1852.

    | Date: 1852 | Reference: 24541i
    • Books

    An encyclopedic outline of Masonic, Hermetic, Qabbalistic, and Rosicrucian symbolical philosophy : being an interpretation of the secret teachings concealed within the rituals, allegories, and mysteries of all ages / by Manly P. Hall ; full-page illustrations by J. Augustus Knapp.

    Hall, Manly P. (Manly Palmer), 1901-1990. | Date: 1994
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    Great doctors and scientists as freemasons / Erwin H. Ackerknecht.

    Ackerknecht, Erwin H. (Erwin Heinz), 1906-1988. | Date: 1982
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