Objects

Viewing Record 1 of 1

Switch Views: Lightbox | Image List | List

The Mysteries that here are Shown are only to a Mason Known
1755
William Tringham (1723-1770?)
England: London
Engraving with watercolor on paper
Overall: 14-3/4"h x 11-1/2"w
Loaned by the Grand Lodge of Masons in Massachusetts
GL2004.0868

Hand-colored engraving showing King Solomon drawing plans of the Temple looking up to Heaven with Father Time and Mother Nature (holding scroll: "Hic Labor Hoc Opus") an Angel with trumpet (scroll reads: Masonry Universal 5755) and two cherubim with banner: "Silence and Secrecy". Landscape scenery with Masonic symbols: five beehives, archway (reads above: "Pulsanti Aperietur", river, pyramid, Masons meeting on hillside. Below image reads: "Tringham Sculp / Price 6d Plain / Properly Coulerd 1:6 / The Mysteries that here are Shown / are only to a Mason known. / To the most Ancient and Honorable Society of Free and Accepted Masons this Plate / is humbly Inscribed by their Affectionate Brother / Willim Tringham Hieroglyphus. / Published According to Act of Parliment 1755 By W. Tringham No. 36, Hosier Lane, West Smithfield."


For further information, see Newell, Aimee, et.al., "Curiosities of the Craft: Treasures from the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts Collection", 2013, p. 88-89.