Thomas Wildey.
PrinterPrinted by
E.B. & E.C. Kellogg
(American, 1840 - 1867)
PublisherPublished by
E.B. & E.C. Kellogg
(American, 1840 - 1867)
DistributorDistributed by
D. Needham
(American, 1808 - 1888)
Date1847
MediumLithography; printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 12 1/16 x 9 1/16in. (30.6 x 23cm)
Sheet (height x width): 15 7/8 x 12in. (40.3 x 30.5cm)
Sheet (height x width): 15 7/8 x 12in. (40.3 x 30.5cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineMuseum purchase
DescriptionHalf-length portrait of a man wearing the regalia of the Order of Odd Fellows, including a sash with fringe and tassles and medallions, over a double-breasted coat, shirt, tie and stickpin. Various symbols are in the border. These include an all-seeing eye, an open Bible, an equilateral triangle, a winged cherub, a dove with an olive branch, three columns, a flaming torch, a lamb, a sleeping child and a sleeping lion, a beehive, a serpent, a bundle of sticks or fasces, a hatchet and a chain, a cauldron and clasped hands. Some symbols are surrounded by decorative cartouches.
Object number1973.83.2
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