Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

MASONIC PRINT, FRAMED

Date Range From

1940

Date Range To

1950

Materials

PAPER, GLASS, WOOD

No. Pieces

1

Height

1.8

Length

54.4

Width

42.8

Description

WHITE PAPER PRINT WITH BEIGE, PINK, GOLD, AND GREEN IMAGES. DEPICTS ARCHWAY READING AT TOP "IN GOD IS MY TRUST". EYE AND LOGO WITH "LOYAL ORANGE INSTITUTION" AT TOP CENTRE. BELOW ARE SEVERAL IMAGES OF BIBLICAL SCENES, SYMBOLS, AND ICONS. BOTTOM READS "HONOR ALL MEN, LOVE THE BROTHERHOOD. FEAR GOD, HONOR THE KING". PRINT IS FRAMED IN BLACK WOODEN FRAME. CARDBOARD BACKING SECURED BY NAILS. TWO EYEHOOKS AND HANGING WIRE AT CENTRE.

Subjects

ART

Historical Association

ASSOCIATIONS

History

SEE P19990009001-GA FOR DUFF FAMILY HISTORY. ACCORDING TO DONOR, ARTHUR DUFF WASN'T AN ACTIVE MASON BUT HE WAS RAISED IN RURAL ONTARIO, AND IT WAS PART OF HIS PAST. HE DID BELONG TO THE CRANBROOK ORANGE LODGE. THE 'EYE IN THE PYRAMID' HUNG ON THE BEDROOM WALL FROM 1943-1999. SEE PERMANENT RECORD FOR P19790054000-GA FOR ARTHUR DUFF'S BIO AND MILITARY SERVICE. *UPDATE* IN 2014 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF ART OBJECTS. THE FOLLOWING BRIEF HISTORY OF FREEMASONRY AND ITS SYMBOLOGY WAS DEVELOPED WITH INFORMATION FROM THE GRAND LODGE OF CANADA WEBSITE. FREEMASONRY IS A FRATERNAL ORGANIZATION THAT TRACES ITS ORIGINS TO THE LOCAL FRATERNITIES OF STONEMASONS IN THE 14TH CENTURY. THE MASONIC LODGE IS THE MEETING PLACE FOR MASONS, AND MASONIC RITUAL CONSISTS PRIMARILY OF CEREMONIES FOR THE BESTOWING OF DEGREES UPON THE INITIATED. SPECIFIC SYMBOLS, SIGNS, AND PASSWORDS (LIKE THOSE DEPICTED IN THIS PRINT) ARE ENTRUSTED TO MEMBERS OF PARTICULAR DEGREES OR RANK WITHIN THE FRATERNITY. THE SYMBOLS ARE MAINLY DRAWN FROM THE MANUAL TOOLS OF STONEMASONRY (FOR EXAMPLE, THE SQUARE AND COMPASSES), AND REPRESENT THE TENANTS OF MORALITY AS SUBSCRIBED TO BY THE FRATERNITY. THE EYE OF PROVIDENCE (SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS THE 'EYE IN THE PYRAMID') HAS BEEN USED IN FREEMASON ICONOGRAPHY SINCE THE LATE 18TH CENTURY, REPRESENTING THE ALL-SEEING EYE OF GOD AND REMINDING MASONS THAT THEIR THOUGHTS AND DEEDS ARE ALWAYS OBSERVED BY THE DEITY THEY CALL 'THE GREAT ARCHITECT OF THE UNIVERSE'.

Catalogue Number

P19990009057

Acquisition Date

1999-02

Collection

Museum

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