Certificate of Membership of Major William North in the Society of Cincinnati, between 1783 and 1785

  • Augustin Louis Belle, French, 1757-1841
  • Jean Jacques Audre Le Veau, French, 1729-1786

Etching and engraving in ink on vellum

  • Plate: 14 5/8 × 21 1/8 inches (37.1 × 53.7 cm)

Gift of Dexter M. Ferry, Jr.

42.117.A

Signed, autograph in ink, lower left: HKnox Signed, autograph, lower right: GWashington

Inscribed, text of document in plate, center. Inscribed, lower left: Aug. L. Belle, Del. Inscribed, lower right: J. J. Le Veau, Sculp.

Dexter M. Ferry, Jr.

1942-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Jean Jacques Audre Le Veau; after Augustin Louis Belle, Certificate of Membership of Major William North in the Society of Cincinnati, between 1783 and 1785, etching and engraving in ink on vellum. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Dexter M. Ferry, Jr., 42.117.A.