TAVLAN SOM INTE FANNS Lars Åshammar Stol nr 2 i Odd Fellow Akademien 1 Odd Fellow Akademien

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"Sailing thu the English Channell sailing to America we see the lands ende the most westerly point of England. Open that Whegi Promatory stand the two revolving leghtes as a gaid for ships on the ocean that is going to or coming over the sea, et is a joy to the seafaring in a dark and gloomy night. An hundred years ago there was no steamship but sailing ship. Thomas Wildey a native of England secured passage on a sailing ship arriving in Baltimore the 2nd of September 1817 the 13th of April 1819 the 5 persons, Thomas Wildey, John Welch, John Duncan, John Cheatham, Richard Rushworth, the satisfyed themselves that each was and Odd Fellow the organiz a lodg on April 20 1819.


The meeting held on April 13 was real the beginning of Odd Fellowship in America. Although the Frail Craft was not formally launch until April 26 1819 when at a Tavern known as the Seven Starr kept by an William Lupton the 5 English mechnics organezth the first Lodge of Odd Fellows in America, Thomas Wildey, Nobelgrand an John Welch Visgrand the five members that begen Odd Fellowship have now increst in number to two million and an hundred thousand. The first Odd Fellow Lodge in Baltimore with Thomas Wildey Nobelgrand. Little dead think that theire name should be written and so widely distribute and a monument ereted to there memory and that the organizesen of a Odd Fellowship as excepted in all civilized nation for et teach that wi / Fading not when life has perishd / loving still beyond the tomb."




A rectangular, horizontal format- almost square picture (32 1/2 x 37 1/2 inches) of a ship- named DREDENOT, flying the British flag, passing a spit of land- Lands End, England. Affixed to the bottom of the canvas is a board, upon which is mounted 4 sheets of yellowed paper (the legend/history of the Odd Fellows), and on the left are 5 carved wooden figures (the American founders of the Odd Fellows). The ship carried Thomas Wildey, the first Odd Fellow, to America. Arriving in Baltimore on Sept. 2, 1817. At the right of the board is a small painted model of a building (Seven Stars Tavern). Oil on canvas, with figurines of wood.


Material: CarvedOil on CanvasPaintedUnidentified Papercanvascarving (processes)oil paint (pigmented coating)painting (coating)paper (fiber product)wood (plant material)Object type: 8: Communication Artifact; ArtDescriptive terms: CarvedCommemorativeFlagFounder(s)Oil on Canvas

PaintedPictureShipTavernUnidentified PaperWoodcanvascarving (processes)commemorativesflagsfounders (originators)marines (visual works)oil paint (pigmented coating)painting (coating)paintings (visual works)paper (fiber product)shipstavernswood (plant material)


Associated places: Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.)Seven Stars TavernSilvermine TavernPeople and organizations: DredenotMr. John CheathamMr. John DuncanMr. John WelchMr. Richard RushworthMr. Thomas WildeyOdd FellowsSeven Stars TavernDimensions: 32 1/2 x 37 1/2 x 2 5/8 (HxWxD) (inches)Accession Number: 1991.1347Credit Line: Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little


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TAVLAN SOM INTE FANNS Lars Åshammar Stol nr 2 i Odd Fellow Akademien 1 Odd Fellow Akademien