Hiram Abiff | The Master Builder | Temple of Solomon

Hiram Abiff at the height of his art — the master builder of Solomon's Temple, the great work unrolled before him, the pillars Jachin and Boaz rising at his back. In Masonic tradition he is the chief craftsman sent from Tyre, the artificer whose skill raised the most sacred building of the ancient world and who carried its guarded secret to his grave. Here he is shown not as the martyr of the legend but as the master in his moment of command: square and compasses in hand, the plan of the Temple open, the work rising around him. WS Original. Catalog No. 1306.