About the Artwork
Certificate of Membership of Major William North in the Society of Cincinnati
between 1783 and 1785
Augustin Louis Belle (Artist) French, 1757-1841 Jean Jacques Audre Le Veau (Artist) French, 1729-1786
Etching and engraving in ink on vellum
Plate: 14 5/8 × 21 1/8 inches (37.1 × 53.7 cm)
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Gift of Dexter M. Ferry, Jr.
42.117.A
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
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.
Provenance
Dexter M. Ferry, Jr.
1942-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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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.
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