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Abricotier
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CA RBD 4-9
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15 October 1775 (Creation)
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1 illustration : pencil on paper with watercolour and gouache ; 33 x 42.5 cm
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(1717-1785)
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Illustration of Mammee (Mammea americana); in French, Abricotier des Antilles; in Haitian Creole, Zabriko. Place of creation: au Cap [Cap-Haïtien]. Specimen origin: Cap [Cap-Haïtien].
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General note
Watermarks: Strasbourg lily (full).
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Inscription (transcribed from recto): No. 5.
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Inscription (from recto; translation): No. 5.
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Inscription (transcribed from verso): No. 5. / une Branche d’abricotier avec sa feüille sa fleur et son fruit, et un abricot coupé. Grand: nat: fait au Cap. Le 15 8bre 1775. Rabié / no. 9 / une Branche d’abricotier, avec sa feuille, sa fleur et son fruit, grandeur naturelle, 1775. un abricot, coupé. La chair de ce fruit est un peu dure, aussi ne se mange-t-il qu’en compote, il a un parfum exquis. on fait, avec la fleur, La liqueur nommée créole. / [bottom right corner upside down] no. 5.
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Inscription (from verso; translation): No. 5. / A branch of the mammee apple tree with its leaf its flower and its fruit, and a cut mammee apple. Natural size, made at Cap-Haïtien 15 October 1775. Rabié / no. 9 / A branch of the mammee apple tree, with its leaf, its flower and its fruit, natural size, 1775. A mammee apple, cut. The flesh of this fruit is a bit hard, and so it is eaten only as a purée, it has an exquisite scent. The liqueur called “creole” is made from the flower. [bottom right corner upside down] no. 5.
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9
De Rabié number
5