About this image...

Image Title: The Great Secret Of Odd-Fellowship Exposed, circa 1840

Creator: Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 1821-1886, artist

Date: Between 1840 and 1860

Summary: Print shows the interior of a room during an initiation ceremony with a naked man kneeling on the back of a goat while holding on to its horns, a man uses tongs to pull the nose of the initiate and another appears about to spank him with a grill-like implement; the room is filled with other men, most wearing some regalia, such as aprons with a skull and crossbones motif, and many hold tools with which to inflict pain. A hooded and robed figure standing on the left may be a grand wizard.

Subjects: Fraternal organizations--1840-1860
Hazing--1840-1860
Independent Order of Odd Fellows--1840-1860
Initiation rites--1840-1860
Men--Social life--1840-1860

Original Media: Lithograph

Collections: Popular Graphic Arts

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