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To The Craft.
TO THE CRAFT .
Grove , Gravesend , September 22 , 184 S . Sin AND BROTHER , —A worthy Brother Mason is very reluctantly compelled to part with a magnificent painting , by the celebrated Italian Artist , Guido ; subject , the Magdalen , holding the Vase of Ointment , with which she anointed the Saviour . I understand , that it can be proved from an original document , to have been in the possession of the
Brother ' s family for 173 years ; the cost , 1250 louis d ' or . To effect the desired object , it is proposed to dispose of this painting between 300 members of the Craft , at Five Guineas each . I am willing to afford the Brother such assistance as lies in my power , the more particularly so , from his having generously engaged to present to the Asylum for Aged Freemasons , the sum of One Hundred Pounds from the proceeds . Brother Spencer , Masonic Librarian , 314 High Holborn , has kindly consented to exhibit the Guido , and
to receive applications . I beg to invite you to an early inspection of the above , and also your co-operation in this double work of fraternal benevolence . Your Faithful Brother , R 0 BT . THOS . ClUJCEFIX .
P . S . Brother Spencer will add forty nine distributions , * consisting of several hundred volumes and pamphlets on Craft , Royal Arch , and the higher orders of Masonry , in the English , French , and German languages , many of them exceedingly rare and curious ; so that , including the Guido , there will be fifty distributions . % * To each Donor will be presented a copy of the beautifully Tinted Lithographic
View of the Asylum for Aged and Decayed Freemasons . * A prospectus , giving full particulars of the value and contents of the forty nine other distributions will shortly be ready .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
To The Craft.
TO THE CRAFT .
Grove , Gravesend , September 22 , 184 S . Sin AND BROTHER , —A worthy Brother Mason is very reluctantly compelled to part with a magnificent painting , by the celebrated Italian Artist , Guido ; subject , the Magdalen , holding the Vase of Ointment , with which she anointed the Saviour . I understand , that it can be proved from an original document , to have been in the possession of the
Brother ' s family for 173 years ; the cost , 1250 louis d ' or . To effect the desired object , it is proposed to dispose of this painting between 300 members of the Craft , at Five Guineas each . I am willing to afford the Brother such assistance as lies in my power , the more particularly so , from his having generously engaged to present to the Asylum for Aged Freemasons , the sum of One Hundred Pounds from the proceeds . Brother Spencer , Masonic Librarian , 314 High Holborn , has kindly consented to exhibit the Guido , and
to receive applications . I beg to invite you to an early inspection of the above , and also your co-operation in this double work of fraternal benevolence . Your Faithful Brother , R 0 BT . THOS . ClUJCEFIX .
P . S . Brother Spencer will add forty nine distributions , * consisting of several hundred volumes and pamphlets on Craft , Royal Arch , and the higher orders of Masonry , in the English , French , and German languages , many of them exceedingly rare and curious ; so that , including the Guido , there will be fifty distributions . % * To each Donor will be presented a copy of the beautifully Tinted Lithographic
View of the Asylum for Aged and Decayed Freemasons . * A prospectus , giving full particulars of the value and contents of the forty nine other distributions will shortly be ready .