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Graphic material
1 illustration : pencil and ink on paper with watercolour ; 25.3 x 35.6 cm
Illustration of: Manytooth conger (Conger triporiceps[?]); in French, Congre dentu; in Haitian Creole, Zangi nwa. Place of creation: au Cap [Cap-Haïtien].
Trimmed.
Inscription (transcribed from recto): No. 51 Anguille de Mer.
Inscription (from recto; translation): No. 51 Ocean eel.
Inscription (transcribed from verso): [a]nguille de mer moitie de grand. nat: au Cap le 27 7bre 1783 Rabié / no. 48. L'anguille de mer, moitié de grandeur naturelle.
Inscription (from verso; translation): Ocean eel half life size at Le Cap 27 September 1783 Rabié / no. 48. Ocean eel, half life size.