Print, Musee de la Franc-Maconnerie, Paris, France
The Gormogons, engraving, 1724, by William Hogarth, 1697-1764, in the Musee de la Franc-Maconnerie, or Museum of Freemasonry, opened 1889 in the Hotel du Grand Orient de France, the oldest freemasonic organisation in Europe, on the Rue Cadet in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, France. The Gormogons were a secret society founded 1724 in order to ridicule and parody the freemasons. Picture by Manuel Cohen
Picture No
14074053
Media ID
45704676
Size
8268px x 5652px
(21.2MB)
Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
Date
2009
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