"Washington as a Freemason"

lithograph

Hand colored lithograph entitled "WASHINGTON AS A FREEMASON". Portrait of Washington wearing Masonic apron, holding trowel & gavel & standing in columned hallway. Vignettes symbolizing Masonic tenets flank this scene, topped by portraits of La Fayette & Andrew Jackson. Below Washington tableau is written: "COMMANDER OF THE AMERICAN ARMY, 1775. PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 1789.", followed by a brief history of his Masonic career. At bottom center is burial scene w/casket, flanked by funeral poem. Below this: "STROBRIDGE & CO. LITHOGRAPHERS, CINCINATTI, O./ Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1867 . . ."