Masonry Collection

Building and masonry tools
Various building and masonry tools, including a saw, a mallet, chisels, hatchets, a trowel and a hammer

Masonic chart. Date c1872

Washington as a Freemason. George Washington, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly right, in masonic attire, holding scroll

NATI2D-00054
Cliff Palace at Mesa Verde National Park, Anasazi/Ancestral Puebloan ruins, Colorado. Digital photograph

Big Ben under Scaffold
Big Ben covered with scaffolding as the masonry is repaired and cleaned

Hadrians Wall
Britains chief Roman monument, the fort on Hadrians Wall in Northumberland, near Hexham. A section of the wall showing solid Roman masonry, eight feet thick and originally 12feet high

Builders at work in the foreground, with partially completed buildings in the background

Freemasons Hall, Quetta, Balochistan, British India
Freemasons Hall (McMahon Lodge), Quetta, Balochistan, British India (now in Pakistan). Date: circa 1910s

Bactrian Camel. Ukraine
Bactrian Camel (Camelus Bactrianus) at the Genoese Fortress. Sudak. Autonomous Republic of Crimea. Ukraine

Freemason seal of the 19th century with different symbols as the Seal of Solomon or Star of David. Metals. FRANCE. Ό E-DE-FRANCE. Paris

Anasazi / Ancestral Puebloan cliff-dwelling, Betatakin
Betatakin, a cliff-dwelling of the Anasazi/Ancestral Puebloans, circa 1250-1300 AD, within Navajo National Monument, Arizona. Photograph

Japanese masonry Dragon. Date: circa 1910s

Seal of the United Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of England, 1817, from The
KW277992 Seal of the United Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of England, 1817, from The History of Freemasonry, volume II, published by Thomas C

Mexico - Teotihuacan - Temple of Quetzacoatal
Mexico - Teotihuacan - Aztec Pyramid Temple of Quetzalcoatl ( The Temple of the Feathered Serpent ) - elaborate exterior stone carving with dragon and lizard heads

Leeds Workhouse and Burmantofts Cemetery
A very early photograph of Leeds Workhouse from Burmantofts Cemetery, Beckett Street, Leeds, West Yorkshire. The workhouse, designed by William Perkin and Elisha Backhouse

Secret Societies (nineteenth century). Initiation ceremony of a new member. Colored engraving

Tholos Tomb / Mycenae
Schliemann dubbed this majestic building the Treasury of Atreus but the capstone-topped ashlar corbelled masonry is actually that of a Tholos tomb

The Jacobean stone screen in the hall, Bramshill, Hampshire, from The English Country House (b/w photo)
CLF306243 The Jacobean stone screen in the hall, Bramshill, Hampshire, from The English Country House (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); (add.info.: built by Edward Zouche)

Thessaloniki, Greece - Cobblers - Arch of Galerius
Thessaloniki, Greece - Cobblers working beneath the 4th century Triumphal Arch of Galerius (part of the Rotunda Complex). Date: circa 1910s

Fabulous Arab Doorway - Sidi Bou Said, Tunisia
An absolutely fabulous Arab Doorway in the port town of Sidi Bou Said Tunisia, with a pair of knockers for the main decorated wooden doors (for ease of knocking when on a camel or on horseback)

Trier, Germany - St Matthias Abbey
Germany - Trier. The oldest City in Germany - St Matthias Abbey Date: 1909

Initiation of a Mistress of Egypt in the Egyptian Rite (engraving)
3100802 Initiation of a Mistress of Egypt in the Egyptian Rite (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Initiation of a Mistress of Egypt in the Egyptian Rite)

Washington as a Master Mason, pub. 1870 (colour lithoraph)
2652868 Washington as a Master Mason, pub. 1870 (colour lithoraph) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Workers Progress Administration masonry bridge over Brazos River, Texas Highway 16, in Palo Pinto County

Demolition of Hungerford Market to make room for the Charing-Cross Railway Station, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Demolition of Hungerford Market to make room for the Charing-Cross Railway Station, [London], 1862. Our View is taken from the lower end of Villiers-street

Bursting of the Fleet Ditch and destruction of part of the Metropolitan Railway... 1862. Creator: Unknown
Bursting of the Fleet Ditch and destruction of part of the Metropolitan Railway: scene of the accident, [London], 1862. Owing to falls in the Fleet sewer the waters had accumulated to a great extent

The Baphomet of the Templars, illustration of a stone casket found at Essarois (Burgundy
DGC405782 The Baphomet of the Templars, illustration of a stone casket found at Essarois (Burgundy) (engraving) by English School

Masonic Initiation ceremony of a male Freemason, early 19th century (w / c on paper)
CHT195226 Masonic Initiation ceremony of a male Freemason, early 19th century (w/c on paper) by French School, (19th century); Musee de la Franc-MaAzonnerie, Paris, France; eArchives Charmet; French

Allegory of Freemasonry. Private Collection

Emblem of the Masonic Lodge Flaming Star. Found in the Collection of State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Balbals, ancient Turkic sculptures (6th-10th century), near Burana tower, Chuy oblast, Kyrgyzstan

Cloister of the La Compania Church, Arequipa, Peru

Adinatha Jain Temple near Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Florida, St Augustine, Castillo de San Marcos

Devil Worship, from The Freemason, by Eugen Lennhoff, published 1932 (litho)
KW278020 Devil Worship, from The Freemason, by Eugen Lennhoff, published 1932 (litho); Private Collection

The Five Uncles of Freemasonry, 1848 (litho) (b / w photo)
CHT224660 The Five Uncles of Freemasonry, 1848 (litho) (b/w photo) by French School, (19th century); Musee de la Ville de Paris, Musee Carnavalet, Paris

The Baphomet of the Templars, copy of an stone casket found at Essarois (Burgundy) (litho
CHT287227 The Baphomet of the Templars, copy of an stone casket found at Essarois (Burgundy) (litho) (b/w photo) by French School, (19th century); Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris

Ruins of the Wiracocha Temple at Raqch i, Peru
Built in the fifteenth century and considered by the historians to be one of the most audacious Inca constructions, the remarkable Wiracocha temple at Raqchi

The English masonic lodges, c. 1730 (engraving) (b / w photo)
CHT224625 The English masonic lodges, c.1730 (engraving) (b/w photo) by French School, (18th century); Bibliotheque des Arts Decoratifs, Paris

Instruction of the Prince of the Tabernacle (engraving)
3100756 Instruction of the Prince of the Tabernacle (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Instruction of the Prince of the Tabernacle)

The Constitutions of the Freemasons by Dr James Anderson (c
CHT218683 The Constitutions of the Freemasons by Dr James Anderson (c.1680-1739) published in London 1723 (engraving) by English School, (18th century); Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris

Freemasons sash of Princess Caroline Murat, mid 19th century (moire or watered silk)
CHT195222 Freemasons sash of Princess Caroline Murat, mid 19th century (moire or watered silk) by French School, (19th century); Musee de la Grande Loge de France, Paris

The Ornate Priors Door at Ely Cathedral, Ely, Cambridgeshire. A twelfth-century carved door way connected the Cathedral to the medieval cloister

France, Nice, The War Memorial, Monument Aux Morts, Quai Rauba Capeu

Delhi, India - Tomb of Shams Uddin Altamash (Shams ud-Din Iltutmish). Date: 1911

Santiago de Compostela - Basilica - Portico de la Gloria
Santiago de Compostela, Spain - Basilica - Portico de la Gloria Date: circa 1910s

Maison Nelissen, 5 Avenue du Mont Kemmel, Brussels, (1905), c2014-c2017
Maison Nelissen, 5 Avenue du Mont Kemmel, Brussels, c2014-c2017. Designed by Arthur Nelissen: 1905. Personal home of the architect Arthur Nelissen, also known as Villa Beau-Site

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