Box
Title
Box
Description
Nathan Negus, who is thought to have decorated this box with Masonic symbols, served as an apprentice to Boston ornamental painter John Ritto Penniman (1782-1841). A member of St. John’s Lodge in Boston, Penniman painted aprons and other Masonic objects—with his apprentices’ help. As a young man, Negus, possibly following Penniman’s example, joined the fraternity. Writing home he noted of his membership, “I am a member of a society who will never see me Suffer….”
For more on this object please visit the online collection record here.
For more on this object please visit the online collection record here.
Identifier
Special Projects Fund, Supreme Council, 33°, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, U.S.A., 2008.002.2
Creator
Attrib. Nathan Negus (1801-1825), Boston, Massachusetts
Date
1814-1820
Collection
Citation
Attrib. Nathan Negus (1801-1825), Boston, Massachusetts, “Box,” Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library Online Exhibitions, accessed April 26, 2024, https://srmmlonlineexhibitions.omeka.net/items/show/579.