DescriptionDiana Vaughan - Mémoires d'une ex-palladiste parfaite, initiée, indépendante.jpg
Français : La prétendue « Diana Vaughan », en tenue d’« Inspectrice Générale du Palladium ». Photographie de Van Bosch, publiée dans l'ouvrage Mémoires d'une ex-palladiste parfaite, initiée, indépendante, Paris, Librairie antimaçonnique A. Pierret, 1895, p. 81.
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XJF438424 The so-called Diana Vaughan, dressed as an inspector of Palladism, c.1895 (b/w photo) by French Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Leo Taxil (1854-1907) wrote a series of books and pamphlets denouncing Freemasonry, charging their lodges with taking part in devil worship and alleged that Diana Vaughan had confessed to him her part in a Satanic Palladism cult; it was all an elaborate hoax, Vaughan was simply a typist employed by Taxil, who had given permission for her name to be used;); French, out of copyright
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The so-called Diana Vaughan, dressed as an inspector of Palladism, c.1895 (b/w photo)