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Graphic material
1 illustration : pencil on paper with watercolour and gouache ; 33 x 43 cm
Illustration of Pineapple (Ananas comosus); in French, Ananas; in Haitian Creole, Zannanna/Anana. Place of creation: au Cap [Cap-Haïtien]. Specimen origin: Cap [Cap-Haïtien].
Watermarks: D&C Blauw (full).
Inscription (transcribed from recto): No. 52.
Inscription (from recto; translation): No. 52.
Inscription (transcribed from verso): no. 52. un anana, en fleur avec partie de sa tige. grand. nat. fait au Cap le 20 janv[ier]. 1776. Rabié / no. 52 / un ananas en fleur, avec partie de sa tige, grandeur naturelle 1776.
Inscription (from verso; translation): no. 52. A pineapple, in flower, with part of its stem. Natural size, made at Cap-Haïtien, 20 January 1776. Rabié / no. 52 / A pineapple in flower, with part of its stem, natural size 1776.