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Mason Wearing Hand-Painted Apron
ca. 1870
Maker not marked
Photograph on paper mounted on board
Gift in memory of Jacques Noel Jacobsen
2008.038.54
ca. 1870
Maker not marked
Photograph on paper mounted on board
Gift in memory of Jacques Noel Jacobsen
2008.038.54
Sepia-toned Masonic carte-de-visite photograph. Full length portrait of a man wearing dark coat and pants, lighter shirt and shoes, bow tie, and apron. Apron is white, and hand painted with Masonic symbols including two towers and a checkerboard design. Man's right hand is inside his coat; his left forearm rests on an ornately decorated pedestal. To the right of the man is a fringed chair. Handwritten in pencil on the back is "Note hand D / painted Masonic / apron / c 1870." Printed in blue on the back is "MV / Fotogra [illeg.] / [illeg.]."