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John Pine
1690-1756
[Duke of Montagu handing the Constitutions of the Freemasons over to the Duke of Wharton] / engrav'd by John Pine in Aldersgate Street London.
Published
[London] : [publisher not specified], [1723]
etching and engraving
image: 213 x 191 mm; plate mark: 225 x 176 mm; sheet: 238 x 191 mm
Peel 2659
Notes
Title supplied by cataloger.
Issued as a frontispiece plate in James Anderson's The Constitutions of the Free-masons. Containing the history, charges, regulations, &c. of that most ancient and right worshipful fraternity. London : William Hunter, 1723.
Issued as a frontispiece plate in James Anderson's The Constitutions of the Free-masons. Containing the history, charges, regulations, &c. of that most ancient and right worshipful fraternity. London : William Hunter, 1723.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
Print shows John Montagu, 2nd Duke of Montagu, handing the Constitutions of the Freemasons over to his successor as Grand Master, Phillip, Duke of Wharton, the two men flanked by their deputies and wardens; below is the 47th Proposition of Euclid, with the god Apollo in his chariot above.
Associated names
Illustration for (work): Anderson, James, approximately 1680-1739. Constitutions of the Free-masons.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints
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