Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Masonic Scottish Rite Consistory Regalia for Baron Bielfeld (20th degree)
1915-1919
Walter Tripp (1868-1926)
USA: Massachusetts, Boston
Print process on paper, opaque watercolor, graphite, ink
overall: 10"h x 8"w
Gift of the Supreme Council, 33º, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, U.S.A.
2011.068.160

Drawing of Masonic Scottish Rite Consistory regalia for Baron Bielfeld (20th degree). Depicts full-length male figure wearing an 18th-century style suit. He wears a brown coat with gold trim, a yellow vest and breeches. Under the coat he wears a white shirt with ruffled ciffs and collar and a white stock. He wears white stockings and black buckled shoes. He has white hair. He stands with one hand out to the side resting on his cane and the other extended out to the other side, holding his brown hat with white plume. At the bottom right is a handwritten inscription, "C18 / Bielfeld." Attached to the back is a typewritten piece of paper headed "C. 18. / XX-4. Baron Bielfeld." This is followed by a description of the various costume elements and notes on their sources.