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Graphic material
1 illustration : pencil and ink on paper with watercolour ; 21.5 x 32.5 cm
Illustration of: Yellow goatfish (Mulloidichthys martinicus); in French, Barbaray jaune et gris; in Haitian Creole, Barbarin[?]. Place of creation: au Cap [Cap-Haïtien]. Specimen origin: Caribbean.
Trimmed.
Watermarks: Horn or Strasbourg lily (partial).
Inscription (transcribed from recto): No. 11 Barbarin.
Inscription (from recto; translation): No. 11 Barbarin.
Inscription (transcribed from verso): no. 11. Barbarin des Cayes de grandeur naturelle, Exellent poisson au Cap le 22 aoust 1773. / no. 9. Le Barbarin, de grandeur naturelle.
Inscription (from verso; translation): no. 11. Reef Barbarin life size, Excellent fish at Le Cap 22 August 1773. / no. 9. The Barbarin, life size.