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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.

The silver trowel used by Henry S. Wellcome to lay the corner-stone of the Wellcome Building in 1931. Photograph.

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

A masonic tribute to the duchess of Leinster, a governess of Lock Penitentiary, Dublin: she is attended by Virtue and Fame. Etching by H. Brocas, 1794.

Members of a friendly society compensating one of its members for ill-health. Pen and ink and watercolour, c. 1807.

Freemasons' symbols, from architectural instruments to cosmic symbols, with an eye looking downward. Etching, 1788.

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.

Great doctors and scientists as freemasons / Erwin H. Ackerknecht.

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Freemasonry

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Images referencing Freemasonry

Works from the collections

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

Freemasons' symbols, from architectural instruments to cosmic symbols, with an eye looking downward. Etching, 1788.

Asylum for Worthy and Decayed Freemasons, Croydon, England: perspective view and floor plan. Wood engraving by C.D. Laing, 1852.

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.

Great doctors and scientists as freemasons / Erwin H. Ackerknecht.

Freemasonry

Images from the collections

Images referencing Freemasonry

Works from the collections

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

Freemasons' symbols, from architectural instruments to cosmic symbols, with an eye looking downward. Etching, 1788.

Asylum for Worthy and Decayed Freemasons, Croydon, England: perspective view and floor plan. Wood engraving by C.D. Laing, 1852.

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.

Great doctors and scientists as freemasons / Erwin H. Ackerknecht.

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