Missionary Society Life Membership Certificate, Methodist Episcopal Church

A printed life-membership certificate for the Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church, with an engraved vignette above the ornate script. An angel flies over a tall cross on a rocky hill where a crowd of small figures gathers, while a kneeling man and a standing figure rest at right beneath palm trees.

Artist

Currier

Date

1848

Medium

ink (overall material) paper (overall material)

Source

Smithsonian (National Museum of American History)

Size

1735 × 2240 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History