Anti-Masonic apron

Anti-Masonic apron. An attack on the Antimasonic party, produced shortly after their September national convention in Baltimore. The apron symbolically contrasts the Masons with the Antimasons. On the right is a Rock of Ages on which stands a pyramid with steps labelled (from the bottom upwards): Free Masonry, Peace and Plenty, Equal Rights, Science, Sincerity, Fortitude, Charity, Patriotism, Honour, Fidelity, Virtue, Order, Law, and U.S. On the top sits an eagle with a streamer inscribed Victory and a staff with liberty cap and flag with the masonic device of a compass and right angle with the words Just and True. Around the liberty cap is an aureole of Perfect Light. On the left is a three-headed Hydra of Antimasonry, and a pile of broken timbers resting on a sandy foundation. From two of the hydra's mouths issue Blackness of Darkness and a list of evils, including Persecution, Intolerance, Hypocrisy, Slavery, Anarchy, Filth, etc. The timbers are marked: Baseless Fabric, Arnold, Bernard, Stramonium, and Judas. The whole design is enclosed in an apron-shaped border. Date c1831. Anti-Masonic apron. An attack on the Antimasonic party, produced shortly after their September national convention in Baltimore. The apron symbolically contrasts the Masons with the Antimasons. On the right is a Rock of Ages on which stands a pyramid with steps labelled (from the bottom upwards): Free Masonry, Peace and Plenty, Equal Rights, Science, Sincerity, Fortitude, Charity, Patriotism, Honour, Fidelity, Virtue, Order, Law, and U.S. On the top sits an eagle with a streamer inscribed Victory and a staff with liberty cap and flag with the masonic device of a compass and right angle with the words Just and True. Around the liberty cap is an aureole of Perfect Light. On the left is a three-headed Hydra of Antimasonry, and a pile of broken timbers resting on a sandy foundation. From two of the hydra's mouths issue Blackness of Darkness and a list of evils, including Persecution, Intolerance, Hypocrisy, Slavery, Anarchy, Filth, etc. The timbers are marked: Baseless Fabric, Arnold, Bernard, Stramonium, and Judas. The whole design is enclosed in an apron-shaped border. Date c1831

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