Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Masonic Scottish Rite Consistory regalia for Von Oberg (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.
2011.068.161

Drawing of Masonic Scottish Rite Consistory regalia for Von Oberg (20th degree). Depicts full-length male figure wearing an 18th-century style suit. He wears a green coat with gold trim and white buttons, a light purple vest and white breeches. Under the coat he wears a white shirt with ruffled cuffs and collar and a white stock. He wears a jewel on one side of the coat. He wears white stockings and black buckled shoes. He has white hair and wears a green tricorn hat. He stands with one hand on his hip and the other inside his coat at his waist. Attached to the back is a typewritten piece of paper headed "C. 19. / XX-5. Von Oberg." This is followed by a description of the various costume elements and notes on their sources.