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Avocatier
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CA RBD 4-8
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1767 (Creation)
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1 illustration : pencil and ink on paper with watercolour and gouache ; 32.5 x 42 cm
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(1717-1785)
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Illustration of Avocado (Persea americana); in French, Avocatier; in Haitian Creole, Pye zaboka. Place of creation: au Cap [Cap-Haïtien]. Specimen origin: Cap [Cap-Haïtien].
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Trimmed?
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Watermarks: Strasbourg lily (full).
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Inscription (transcribed from recto): No. 3 / Avocatier / Rabie Fecit.
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Inscription (from recto; translation): No. 3 / Avocado tree / Made by Rabie.
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Inscription (transcribed from verso): une branche d’avocatier avec sa feüille sa fleur et son fruit, et un avocat coupé, Grand[eur] naturelle. fait au Cap en 1767. Rabié / no. 8 / une Branche d’avocatier, avec sa feuille, sa fleur et son fruit, grandeur naturelle 1767. un avocat, coupé La chair de ce fruit se mange comme des cernaux, avec du sel et du poivre, elle est fondante et très nourrissante, on la mange aussi écrasée et melée d’un jus de citron.
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Inscription (from verso; translation): A branch of the avocado tree with its leaf, its flower, and its fruit, and a cut avocado, natural size. Made at Cap-Haïtien in 1767. Rabié / no. 8 / A branch of the avocado tree, with its leaf, its flower and its fruit, natural size 1767. An avocado, cut. The flesh of this fruit is eaten like walnut kernels, with salt and pepper, it is tender and very nourishing, it is also eaten mashed and mixed with lemon juice.
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Item number
8
De Rabié number
3