New England anti-Masonic almanac for the year of Our Lord 1832
An anti-Masonic almanac published in Boston in 1831 by John Marsh & Co., aimed at New England readers opposed to Freemasonry and its secret society practices. Its woodcut pictures show crude, caricatured scenes of men in struggle, a blindfolded man led on a rope by a stout figure, and a drunken pair staggering past bottles, with a few small framed panels of figures embracing or gesturing. A designer could take their bold, simplified black line and expressive poses for quick narrative or editorial art.
