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A statuary marble group, which commemorates the completion of the second Freemasons’ Hall, which was inaugurated on 14th April 1869. The group of portraits of which this sculpture is comprised of members of the Building Committee. The central bust sculpture is of the chairman, The Right Worshipful Brother John Havers. The profile portrait plaques surrounding are of the other committee members; The Very Worshipful Brother Llewellyn Evans, The Worshipful Brother John Savage, The Worshipful Brother Joseph Rankin Stebbing, The Worshipful Brother John Hervey, The Worshipful Brother George Plucknett and The Worshipful Brother Henry Grissell.

Museum of Freemasonry

London

Title

Statuary Tablet Celebrating the Building Committee Members of Freemasons' Hall, 1869

Date

1871

Medium

marble

Measurements

H 284.5 x W 214 x D 27.5 cm

Accession number

AUKT14

Acquisition method

commissioned by the United Grand Lodge of England 1869

Work type

Relief

Inscription description

on plaque: HONORIS CAUSA / THE EARL OF ZETLAND, M.W.C.M. / IN COMMEMORATION / OF THE / COMPLETION OF THIS BUILDING, / WHICH WAS / INAUGURATED AND SOLEMNLY DEDICATED TO THE / PURPOSES OF / FREEMASONRY / ON THE 14TH DAY OF APRIL, AL 5869, / AND / IN RECOGNITION / OF THE SERVICES OF THE BUILDING COMMITTEE. / UNDER WHOSE ABLE SUPERVISION / THE WORK WAS EXECUTED. / THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED / BY THE / GRAND LODGE OF ANCIENT FREE AND / ACCEPTED MASONS OF ENGLAND.

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Museum of Freemasonry

Freemasons' Hall, 60 Great Queen Street, London, Greater London WC2B 5AZ England

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Artist or maker

Joseph Durham

1814–1877

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