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Graphic material
1 illustration : pencil and ink on paper with watercolour ; 25.3 x 32.7 cm
Illustration of: Spider crab (Stenocionops furcatus). Place of creation: au Cap [Cap-Haïtien].
Trimmed.
Watermarks: Strasbourg lily (partial).
Inscription (transcribed from recto): Araignée de Mer.
Inscription (from recto; translation): Sea Spider.
Inscription (transcribed from verso): No. 10. L'araignée, Crabe de mer, qui ne se mange pas. Grand. nat. au Cap le 27 aoust 1782. Rabié. d'après nature / no. 70. L'araignée, crabe de mer, grandeur naturelle. on ne la mange pas.
Inscription (from verso; translation): No. 10. The spider, Sea crab, that isn't eaten. Life size at le Cap 27 August 1782. Rabié. from life / no. 70. The spider, sea crab, life size, it is not eaten.