"A masonic feast: in the centre of the room on a platform is an empty armchair decorated with a masonic symbol. Below it and on the right is a table with punch-bowl, glasses, candles, &c, behind which are the English members of the Lodge, some seated, others standing. On the left sit the French members, the most prominent being Cagliostro; all wear masonic aprons. ... "--British Museum online catalogue.
Alternative Title:
Masonic anecdote
Description:
Captions in French and English etched under each title, respectively., CtY-LW, Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark, and imprint statement mostly erased from sheet; imprint from British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Trades: hairdresser -- Hairdressers: Mr. Barker, King Street, Bloomsbury -- Opticians: Mr. Mash -- Interior of the Freemasons' Lodge of Antiquity -- Freemasons' symbols -- Furniture: dining table -- Upholstered chair -- Lighting: candlesticks -- Glass decanter -- Glass bottle -- Wine glasses -- Punch bowls., Thirty lines of verse in English below image on right, under the heading, "Abstract of the Arabian Count's memoirs": Born God knows where, supported God knows how ..., Thirty lines of verse in French below image on left, under the heading, "Abregè de l'histoire du Comte Arabe": Nè Dieu sait où, maintenu Dieu sait comme ..., and Titles in English and French etched above image.
Publisher:
H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Cagliostro, Alessandro,--conte di,--1743-1795--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Signed in image, lower left., Temporary local subject terms: Hoaxes: allusion to bottle conjurer Male costume -- Furniture: chest -- Philosopher's stone., Title etched below image., and Traces of burnished lettering in lower right corner of design.
Subject (Name):
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher., Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Cagliostro, Alessandro,--conte di,--1743-1795--Caricatures and cartoons., and Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Subject (Topic):
Alchemy., Fireplaces., Fraud., Jews,--depicted, Laboratories., Mortars & pestles., and Thermometers.
