Societies Collection

Masonic Certificate
Membership certificate of the UNITED GRAND LODGE of England

HERBERTE, Edward Benjamin (1857-1893). Hunt scenes. The Kill. Oil on canvas

England. Carta Magna (1212). Manuscript Add. 4838. UNITED KINGDOM. London. The British Museum

Masonic Regalia
The regalia and accoutrements appropriate to the dignity, puissance and authority of the Grand Officer of the Grand Lodge of England

Lunar Society
The Lunar Society of Birmingham sought to improve society using science; its members included Priestley, Wedgwood, Erasmus Darwin, Herschel, and Watt

A Masonic Banquet
A MASONIC BANQUET

New Athenaeum Club 1820
The New Athenaeum, Waterloo Place

Womens Suffrage Millicent Fawcett
Photograph shows Millicent Garrett Fawcett ahead of a banner proclaiming Woman Citizens Mrs. Fawcett, President of the National Union of Womens Suffrage Societies

Dore, Paul Gustave (1832-1883). Paradise Lost. 1886-. Illustration for John Miltons work. Etching

Book of the Deads. 651 -525 BC. Papyrus. Egyptian art. New Kingdom. TURKEY. Istanbul. Archaeological Museum

Initiation of a freemason
The initiation ceremony of a freemason (central detail); watercolour in the Musee du Grand Orient de France de la Franc-Maconnerie Europeene. Date: 19th Century

Boys Brigade Boy C1903
A boy in his Boys Brigade uniform, posing for a studio photograph with a garden backdrop

Reception of Apprentice
An blindfolded apprentice is received into a French Masonic Lodge : he bares his right leg as part of the ceremony

Reform Club / Saloon / 1840
Gentlemen and women in the corridor of the saloon

Freemasons / Apprentice
the lodge of an apprentice, showing the emblems appropriate to that grade

PELLIZZA DA VOLPEDO, Giuseppe (1868-1901). The Fourth Estate. 1901. Central detail. Naturalism. Oil on canvas. ITALY. Milan. Pinacotheca of Brera

Arabian-Byzantine coin. Coin. FRANCE. Paris. National Library

Londons Masonic Lodges
London Masons meet in front of a board representing the many Lodges of Great Britain

Reform Club Library / Iln
The library of the Reform Club

Freemason Procession
Image of Baphomet carried in a procession at the initiation of a high Scottish rite

Female Initiation - 6
A candidate is initiated as Mistress of the Temple, lying on a supposed corpse and restoring him to life with the warmth of her body. Date: 1891

Paris Masons, 1740
Freemasons in a Masonic Lodge in Paris perform a ritual. A symbol covered banner is laid on the floor while a blindfolded man, an arm & shoulder bared, is led forth

Scout / Baden-Powell 1921
Chief scout, Lord Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, visits a French scout camp

Native of Yap carrying stone money
A native man from Yap wearing a mangrove wood comb in his hair (a sign of high rank) carrying stone money on a pole over his shoulder. Date: 1937

Suffragette Coronation Procession 1911 Souvenir
A souvenir and programme of the Womens Coronation Procession, 17th June, 1911, giving details of the Pageants. The Suffrage Societies taking part and the routes

Freemasons Hall, London
FREEMASONS HALL, LONDON A banquet of the Royal Humane Society is in progress, and a procession of persons saved from drowning during the past year passes among the guests Date: 1841

100 and 50 drachmas bills, Greece. Coin

Stockheath Boys Club
The Nissen huts which form the Stockheath Boys Club and Youth Centre, near Havant, Hampshire, England. Date: 1950s

Rotary Club 1950S
Four gentlemen enjoy a drink and a spot of socialising at the Rotary Club Headquarters, Rotary House, Portland Place, London

George at Jambouree
Prince George (Duke of Kent) poses with Baden-Powell at a jamboree of Norfolk and Suffolk scouts in Salhouse Broad, near Wroxham. With Lords Playfair and Albemarle

Scottish Rite
Induction to the 33rd Degree of the Scottish rite; the Candidate is led forward where the Book awaits him - watched over by the Skeleton, symbol

Reform Club / New Ministry
Gentlemen members in the Reform club- house await intelligence of the formation of the new ministry Date: 1853

Masonic Charity
The duc de Chartres, Grand Master, holds a Masonic banquet for charity inside a Benedictine monastery Date: 1776

MUHAMMAD (570-632). Prophet and founder of Islam. Muhammad in ecstasy. Islamic art. Miniature Painting. FRANCE. Paris. National Library

Athenaeum Hall
Gentlemen in the hall at the Athenaeum

Carlton Club 1855
The Carlton Club, Pall Mall

Eccentic Club / 1900
Gentlemen of the club waiting for dinner

Paris Lodge 1740
A Parisian Lodge in 1740

Initiation to Master
A French Lodge ceremonially inducts a member to the grade of Master

Initiation / Secret Master
Initiation of a Secret Master

Juliette Recamier by Francois Gerard
Francois Gerard (1770-1837) painting of Juliette Recamier (born Bernard, 1777-1849), French woman of letters. Date: 1805

Diana Vaughan
DIANA VAUGHAN, the American ex-satanist who purportedly revealed the vile secrets of freemasonry : in fact it was all a spoof on the Catholics, and she was Taxils typist

Bust of Bess Norriss
A bronze bust portrait of Australian artist, Elizabeth May Norriss, later Bess Norriss Tait, 1878-1939. She was a specialist in watercolour and miniature painting

Spanish Civil War. Poster advertising children summercamps. Spanish Red Aid. Propaganda and Press. 1936-1938. Drawing. SPAIN. Salamanca. Archivo Historico Nacional

Spanish Civil War. Advertising poster from the bottled water brand Vichy Catalan. 1939

Spanish Civil War. Advertising poster Loteria sevillana (Lottery in Seville). Local commitee for combatant's benefit.Printed in Jerez, around 1937. SPAIN. Salamanca. Archivo Historico Nacional

Congo Democratic Republic Of The North Kivu Conflict
congo, democratic, republic, of, the, north, kivu, conflict, refugee, camp, buhimba, people, africa, african, africans, congolean, congoleans, zaire, photography, photographies, photographic, wretch

Spain. Civil War (1936-1939). 50 cents note issued by the towns of Albaida and Pau de Sert (Santa Pau). Coin

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