Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

The Honble Mrs. Aldworth
1865
John Cameron (artist); Macoy & Sickels (publisher)
USA: New York, New York City
ink on paper hinged on mat board
sheet: 21-1/4"h x 16-3/4"w; board: 23"h x 18-1/2"w
Special Acquisitions Fund
83.53

Lithograph of the Honble Mrs. [Elizabeth] Aldworth (1693-1773); woman standing center; she wears Masonic apron and and a chain around her neck with a sun-shaped pendant; her hand rests on Bible with square and compasses; a Master's chair at right has an all-seeing eye symbol at top; drapery and the base of a column are at back top and left; reads across bottom "Cameron, del./ Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1865, by Macoy & Sickels in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Southern Distt. of N.Y./ The Honble Mrs. Aldworth./ The Female Freemason./ From an Original Portrait in possession of the Masonic Publishing and Manufacturing Co. 430 Broome Street, New York."

For further information, see Tabbert, Mark A., "American Freemasons: Three Centuries of Building Communities", 2005, p.78 and see also Hamilton, John D., "Material Culture of American Freemasons," 1994, p. 33.