Odd Fellows.

PrinterPrinted by Kelloggs & Comstock American, 1848 - 1850

PublisherPublished by Kelloggs & Comstock American, 1848 - 1850

PublisherPublished by D. Needham American, 1808 - 1888

Date1850

MediumLithography; printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 11 15/16 x 8 11/16in. (30.3 x 22.1cm)
Sheet (height x width): 14 1/16 x 9 15/16in. (35.7 x 25.2cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineMuseum purchase

DescriptionTwo men wearing the regalia of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows stand in the interior of a room. Each man wears an apron and a yoke over his coat, vest, shirt, necktie, and pants. The apron and yoke of the man on the left are decorated with stars. He holds his left glove in his right gloved hand. The apron and yoke of the man at the right have a pattern of entwined vines, an eye, and three linked rings imposed on crossed shepherds' crooks. He holds a shepherd's crook in his right hand. He has a beard, and his ankles are crossed. A patterned tablecloth is on a table in the left background. A patterned carpet is on the floor. A fluted column on a high base is at the right. Fringed drapery with two tassels frames an open window. Through the window, a river and a city are visible in the distance.

Object number1994.36.3

InscribedOn recto, lithographed title beneath image, "ODD FELLOWS. / 304." Lithographed caption beneath left figure, "N.G. OF A LODGE." Lithographed caption beneath right figure, "C.P. OF AN ENCAMPMENT."

On verso, in pencil: lower left, "a7 9054 545 / an"; lower right, accession number.

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