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Article CAGLIOSTRO AND THE LODGE OF ANTIQUITY. ← Page 2 of 9 →
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Cagliostro And The Lodge Of Antiquity.
has a collar , from Avhich hangs a medal , and is represented as saying , " C ' en est trop—part-ons ! " Next to him is a rather burly personage , Avhose apron bears a sun at thc side , the compasses and square in the centre , and a level on the other ; he is in great trouble at his patron ' s treatment—so clasping his hands and looking upAvards , exclaims , " Mon pauvre Acharat , comme on te traite ! " The next figure is
partly obscured behind the last mentioned burly personage , but his face is indicative of great anger , Avhile he says , " Quelle insolence !" Behind him is an indistinct head , Avhich adds , "Et c ' est la notre fondateur ! " Behind the Count is a very spare man , AVIIO smilingly says , " M . le comte , je vais remercier ces messieurs , et nous sortirons . " At the back of the table sits a figure , full of laughter , in huge full bottomed Avig , ivith his left arm resting on the table , and pointing to the Count ivith his forefinger , says , "Tout se A'oit a la fin , M . le comte . " Behind Bro . Mash are a group of heads , all laughing ,
Avhile numbers of labels proceed from their mouths Avith the Avord "Huzza ! " on them ; and at the back , just before the empty chair , is a member handing a laced hat , and saying , " Take your hat , sir , and God bless you—huzza ! " while another , ivhose head and hand are alone visible , tells him , " Sir , there is your snuff box—huzza ! " While the Avaiter is seen as the extreme figure on the ri g ht , laughing heartily ,
having just entered the room Avith a boAvl of punch . The plate boars at its base , " Designed by a Brother Mason , a Avitness of the scene . " From its character , effect and vividness , there Avas no doubt on our mind Avhen we became the possessor , that it Avas the Avork of a distinguished artist ; and our inquiries have been croAi'iied AA'ith signal successfor Ave find it to be one of the undoubted
, genuine caricatures by tlie celebrated Gillray . In Wright and Evans ' s "Historical and Descriptive Account of the Caricatures of James Gillray ; " Svo . London , 1851 , p . 389 , and No . 379 * it is , described , Avith a hint about the principal individual , Count Cagliostro . The article says , —
" The allusions to this print arc explained in a great measure by the inscriptions and A'erses at the bottom . It relates to the exposure of the quackery of that celebrated impostor Cagliostro , Avhile he AA-as in London ; and his portrait is conspicuous among thc group . . . He became a Freemason , and formed a neiv order of Masonry , AA'hich he called the Egyptian , and of AA'hich he made himself Grand Master . A female branch oi that order Avas headed by his Avife , AVIIO Avas no less profligate than himself . " . ..... The verses alluded to in the preceding extract are the folio Aving : —
" ABSTRACT OJ- THE ARABIAN COUJST ' S MEMOIRS . " Born God knows Ai-here , supported God knows how , Prom whom descended , difficult to know . Lord Crop adopts him as a bosom friend , And madly dares his character defend . This self dubb'd count , some feiv years since , became A Brother Mason in a borrow'd name ;
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Cagliostro And The Lodge Of Antiquity.
has a collar , from Avhich hangs a medal , and is represented as saying , " C ' en est trop—part-ons ! " Next to him is a rather burly personage , Avhose apron bears a sun at thc side , the compasses and square in the centre , and a level on the other ; he is in great trouble at his patron ' s treatment—so clasping his hands and looking upAvards , exclaims , " Mon pauvre Acharat , comme on te traite ! " The next figure is
partly obscured behind the last mentioned burly personage , but his face is indicative of great anger , Avhile he says , " Quelle insolence !" Behind him is an indistinct head , Avhich adds , "Et c ' est la notre fondateur ! " Behind the Count is a very spare man , AVIIO smilingly says , " M . le comte , je vais remercier ces messieurs , et nous sortirons . " At the back of the table sits a figure , full of laughter , in huge full bottomed Avig , ivith his left arm resting on the table , and pointing to the Count ivith his forefinger , says , "Tout se A'oit a la fin , M . le comte . " Behind Bro . Mash are a group of heads , all laughing ,
Avhile numbers of labels proceed from their mouths Avith the Avord "Huzza ! " on them ; and at the back , just before the empty chair , is a member handing a laced hat , and saying , " Take your hat , sir , and God bless you—huzza ! " while another , ivhose head and hand are alone visible , tells him , " Sir , there is your snuff box—huzza ! " While the Avaiter is seen as the extreme figure on the ri g ht , laughing heartily ,
having just entered the room Avith a boAvl of punch . The plate boars at its base , " Designed by a Brother Mason , a Avitness of the scene . " From its character , effect and vividness , there Avas no doubt on our mind Avhen we became the possessor , that it Avas the Avork of a distinguished artist ; and our inquiries have been croAi'iied AA'ith signal successfor Ave find it to be one of the undoubted
, genuine caricatures by tlie celebrated Gillray . In Wright and Evans ' s "Historical and Descriptive Account of the Caricatures of James Gillray ; " Svo . London , 1851 , p . 389 , and No . 379 * it is , described , Avith a hint about the principal individual , Count Cagliostro . The article says , —
" The allusions to this print arc explained in a great measure by the inscriptions and A'erses at the bottom . It relates to the exposure of the quackery of that celebrated impostor Cagliostro , Avhile he AA-as in London ; and his portrait is conspicuous among thc group . . . He became a Freemason , and formed a neiv order of Masonry , AA'hich he called the Egyptian , and of AA'hich he made himself Grand Master . A female branch oi that order Avas headed by his Avife , AVIIO Avas no less profligate than himself . " . ..... The verses alluded to in the preceding extract are the folio Aving : —
" ABSTRACT OJ- THE ARABIAN COUJST ' S MEMOIRS . " Born God knows Ai-here , supported God knows how , Prom whom descended , difficult to know . Lord Crop adopts him as a bosom friend , And madly dares his character defend . This self dubb'd count , some feiv years since , became A Brother Mason in a borrow'd name ;