William IV (1765–1837), Past Grand Master of the Moderns (1813)
William IV (1765–1837), Past Grand Master of the Moderns (1813)
William IV (1765–1837), Past Grand Master of the Moderns (1813)
William IV (1765–1837), Past Grand Master of the Moderns (1813)
William IV (1765–1837), Past Grand Master of the Moderns (1813)
William IV (1765–1837), Past Grand Master of the Moderns (1813)
William IV (1765–1837), Past Grand Master of the Moderns (1813)
William IV (1765–1837), Past Grand Master of the Moderns (1813)

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A marble bust of William IV, who became a Freemason in 1786. The following year he was given the honorary title of Past Grand Master of the Premier Grand Lodge of England, also known as the 'Moderns', one of two governing bodies of Freemasonry in England in the eighteenth and early nineteenth century.

The sculpture was included in Major Sir Algernon Tudor-Craig's (the former librarian and curator) 'Portraits and Print' catalogue for the Library and Museum, published in 1938.

Museum of Freemasonry

London

Title

William IV (1765–1837), Past Grand Master of the Moderns (1813)

Date

1832

Medium

marble

Measurements

H 77 x W 61 x D 30 cm (E);
Plinth: H 96 x W 43 x D 43 cm

Accession number

AUKT7

Work type

Bust

Signature/marks description

back of sculpture: J. FRANCIS / SC / LONDON / 1832

Inscription description

plaque attached to plinth: HM KING WILLIAM IV / PAST GRAND MASTER

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Museum of Freemasonry

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