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Dr. Syntax in Free Mason’s Hall
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Illustration reproduced from the Tours of Dr. Syntax by William Coombe. Original hand colour illustration by Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827) published by R. Ackermann’s Repository, The Strand, London in 1820. Approx. 19.5 x 11.5 cms image area
Rowlandson’s illustrations first appeared in Ackermann’s Poetical Magazine in 1809.
Compare the architecture displayed in this illustration to that found on the frontispiece to Anderson’s 1784 Constitutions, or the representation of Freemasons’ Hall found in Stillson’s 1904 History. |
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