Master Mason certificate issued to Thomas Fisher from Mount Moriah Lodge, No.132, 1820 April 22

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Identifier: A2003-025-001

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Master Mason certificate issued to Thomas Fisher from Mount Moriah Lodge, No.132 of New York, New York. It is signed and dated April 22, 1820 with text in both French and English. The image in the engraving include an angel at the top, maidens on top of Corinthian columns, a Mason with apron on surrounded by a man with a lion's skin (Hercules), woman in armour (Minerva) and mother with children (Charity). This neoclassical design was popular for more than a century.

Dates

Creation: 1820 April 22

Creator

Freemasons. Mount Moriah Lodge, No. 132 (New York, N.Y.) (Organization)
Fisher, Thomas (Recipient, Person)
Rollinson, William, 1762-1842 (Engraver, Person)

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Extent

1 item/s ; overall: 16 3/4 x 14 in.

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Museum purchase

Exhibition Label

Signed and Sealed: Masonic Certificates Exhibition corridor show 2017

Master Mason Certificate, 1820 Issued to Thomas Fisher, Mount Moriah Lodge, No. 132, New York, New York Engraved by William Rollinson (1762-1842), New York, New York Collection of the Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

The Grand Lodge of New York first ordered a certificate of this design in 1784. About ten years later, the plate had worn out and Grand Lodge officials commissioned engraver William Rollinson to make a new one. Two decades after Rollinson produced the replacement, the Grand Lodge had a French version of the text added to the certificate for the convenience of New York City’s growing population of French-speaking lodges.