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A Meeting of Free Masons for the Admission of Masters
1812
Thomas Palser, publisher (active 1799-1843)
England: London
Engraving with multi-colored washes on paper
sheet: 10-1/2"h x 15"w
Special Acquisitions Fund
77.10.1d

A Meeting of Free Masons for the Admission of Masters engraving; scene shows ceremony of placing candidate on tablet; across bottom, each figure is identified "1 Master, 2 Senior Warden, 3 Junior Warden, 4 Candidate, 5,6,7 Candidates in waiting, 8 Orator, 9 Secretary, 10 Treasurer, 11 Tyler" written on bottom: "Plate 5 A Meeting of Free Masons for the Admission of Masters/ Ceremony of placing the Candidate on the Tablet designed on the floor of the Lodge/ Published March 1, 1812 by Thos Palser, Surry Side Westminster Bridge."; reverse stamped "R. SCOTT" in black ink three times.