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Description: 1. HEAVY WHITE PAPER LITHOGRAPHED COLOR PRINT OF ROYAL COUPLE SEATED BEFORE DIGNITARIES. MAN FACING COUPLE, READING FROM PAPER. TWO CIRCULAR SEALS AT BOTTOM OF PRINT; LABELED BELOW, "THE GREAT SEAL OF WILLIAM III THE BILL OF RIGHTS READ TO THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF ORANGE BY THE CLERK OF THE CROWN SENTINEL PREMIUM PICTURE 1901". LARGE VERTICAL TEAR FROM BOTTOM OF PRINT; EDGES WORN AND CREASED THROUGHOUT. 2. HEAVY WHITE PAPER LITHOGRAPHED COLOR PRINT OF MAN ON WHITE HORSE, RIDING THROUGH CROWD OF PEOPLE. WOMAN IN PINK DRESS AND WHITE BONNET LOOKING UP AT HIM FROM GROUND. PRINT LABELED BELOW, "ENTRY OF WILLIAM PRINCE OF ORANGE INTO EXETER. SENTINEL PREMIUM PICTUER 1900". TOP LEFT CORNER OF PRINT HAS BEEN TORN OFF; EDGES WORN AND CREASED THROUGHOUT. 3. CARDBOARD TUBE. OPEN AT BOTH ENDS. WHITE PAPER LABEL WITH BLUE PRINT READS "TO TAKE OUT CONTENTS, INSERT THE FINGER IN END OF TUBE, TURN SLOWLY AND DRAW OUT PICTURE. DO NOT CUT WITH A KNIFE. FROM THE OLEOGRAPH CO. 680 KING STREET WEST, TORONTO. TO MISS MAGGIE DUFF TEACHER BERWICK CRYSLER, ONT.". EDGES OF LABEL WORN. TUBE USED TO HOLD ABOVE TWO PRINTS.

History: SEE P19990009001-GA FOR 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. 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 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'.