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)

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

InscribedOn recto: lithographed title beneath image, "THOMAS WILDEY. / FATHER OF THE ORDER OF ODD FELLOWSHIP IN THIS COUNTRY, AND PAST GRAND SIRE OF THE ORDER. / 148." On verso: inscribed in pencil, lower right, "consv CPC 1987" "Dwr 6", and accession number.

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