Jump to navigation
Main menu
LCP Home
Search
Search Library Catalog
Search Digital Collections
How to Search the Collections
Access Terms Used in Our Catalogs
Finding Aids
Explore
Browse Collections
LCP News
Social Media
Exhibitions
Podcast
Academic Programs
Overview
Fellowships
Innovation Award
Biennial First Book Award
Seminars
Program in African American History
Program in Early American Economy and Society
The Davida T. Deutsch Program in Women’s History
Visual Culture Program
Research
Overview
Subject Guides
Finding Aids
Online Exhibitions
Bookbinding Research
Using the Library
Overview
Hours, Access, & Location
Rights & Reproductions
How to Search Collections
Potentially Harmful Materials and Descriptions Statement
Online Resources
Events
Upcoming Events
Seminars
LCP News
LCP Press Resources
Projects
Beyond Glass Cases
Library Company Papers Project
Hearing Voices
Imperfect History
Fireside Chats
Support the Library
Overview
Donate Online!
Join & Renew Membership Online
Support: Shareholding
Lecture in Honor of John C. Van Horne
Membership Benefits
Planned Giving
Annual Dinner
Junto
About LCP
Annual Reports
Staff
Board of Trustees
Employment
Affiliations
LCP Blog
Press Resources
LCP Privacy Policy
Overview and History
LCP FAQ Sheet
Knights of Pythias [membership certificate] [graphic].
You are here
Browse Collections
›
Philadelphia on Stone
›
Philadelphia on Stone Digital Catalog
Back to top
Details
Contributor
Hunter, Thomas, printer.
Davis, S.S., copyright holder.
Title
Knights of Pythias [membership certificate] [graphic].
Publisher
Philadelphia : Liht. [sic] by T. Hunter
Date
c1873
Physical Description
1 print : lithograph, tinted with one stone, 85 x 64 cm. (32.5 x 24.5 in.)
Description
Membership certificate containing vignettes of scenes representing the tenets of the order (i.e., friendship, benevolence, and charity) composed within a border designed as a monument. Scenes include figures attired in Roman costume during acts of intervention from persecution and imprisonment. Also contains bust-length portraits of Roman soldiers, allegorical female figures, and emblems of the order, including a sword laid on an open Bible; crossed swords; a sprig of myrtle; and spikes. Knight of Pythias was an international, non sectarian, fraternal order established in 1864 on the principles of "toleration in religion, obedience to law, and loyalty to government."
Notes
Text printed with green ink.
Not in Wainwright.
Copyrighted by S.S. Davis Supreme Chancellor.
Philadelphia on Stone
POSP 132
Library of Congress: PAGA 7, no. 1108e (E size) Knights of Pythias
Subject
Knights of Pythias.
Fraternal organizations -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Benevolence.
Charity.
Friendship.
Persecution.
Genre
Lithographs -- Tinted -- 1870-1880.
Membership certificates -- 1870-1880.
Associated name
Davis, S.S., copyright holder.
Location
Library of Congress| Prints and Photographs Division | LOC PAGA 7, no. 1108e (E size) Knights of Pythias
In Collections
Philadelphia on Stone Digital Catalog
Library of Congress Collections
Log In