Washington As a Freemason by Strobridge and Company, 1870
date: label: Date made
content: 1870
name: label: depicted
content: Washington, George
label: publisher
content: J. Hale Powers & Company
label: depicted
content: Jackson, Andrew
label: depicted
content: Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier Marquis de Lafayette
label: maker
content: Strobridge and Company
notes: label: Description
content: Chromolithographic print depicting George Washington, standing, facing left as the central figure, wearing a Masonic apron and holding a trowel in his right hand and a mallet and parchment in his left. He is standing in under a Gothic arch flanked by columns with capitals of different orders and quatrefoil windows with a staircase is in the background. Bust portraits of the Marquis de Lafayette and Andrew Jackson appear in upper left and right corners, respectively. Bordering the central image are Gothic niches containing biblical scenes, allegorical figures, numerous inscriptions, and Masonic symbols and rites. Washington's coffin appears below the central image and is surrounded by a commemorative poem.
label: Description
content: Lithography company was founded in Cincinnati, Ohio about 1847 by lithographer Elijah C. Middleton. Middleton was known as one of the pioneers of chromolithography in the United States. By 1854 lithographer W. R. Wallace and bookseller Hines Strobridge (1823-1909) had joined the firm as partners. After the Civil War Strobridge acquired sole ownership of the company and renamed it after himself. Strobridge and Company was especially well known for circus, theater and movie posters. After leaving Strobridge and Company, Elijah Middleton became known as a portrait publisher, producing prints of George and Martha Washington, Daniel Webster and other American historical figures.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Ohio, Cincinnati
topic: label: Subject
content: Costume
label: Subject
content: Patriotism and Patriotic Symbols
label: Subject
content: Uniforms, fraternal
label: depicted
content: Freemasonry
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Art
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Harry T. Peters "America on Stone" Lithography Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.60.2597
label: catalog number
content: 60.2597
label: accession number
content: 228146
objectType: label: Object Name
content: chromolithograph
label: Object Type
content: Lithograph
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: image: 21 in x 17 in; 53.34 cm x 43.18 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 21 3/4 in x 17 3/4 in; 55.245 cm x 45.085 cm