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Graphic material
2 illustrations : pencil and ink on paper with watercolour ; 16.6 x 22 cm and 16.5 x 22.2 cm
Illustrations of Hermit crab (Coenobita clypeatus); in French, Bernard-l'ermite. Place of creation: Haiti.
Watermarks: Strasbourg lily (partial).
Inscription (transcribed from recto): No. 15.
Inscription (from recto; translation): No. 15.
Inscription (transcribed from verso): No. 15 Bernard l'hermite ou le soldat renfermé, dans une coquille appellée Mure au cap le 26 aoust 1773 dapres nature Rabié.
Inscription (from verso; translation): No. 15 Bernard the hermite or the soldier enclosed, in a shell called Murex at Le Cap 26 August 1773 from life Rabié.
Inscription (transcribed from recto): No. 16.
Inscription (from recto; translation): No. 16.
Inscription (transcribed from verso): No. 16 autre espece de soldat renfermé dans une coquille appellée, Becassine, peint dapres nature, grand nat. fait au Cap le 7 obre 1773 Rabié/ autre espece de soldat, renfermé dans une coquille appelée Bécassine.
Inscription (from verso; translation):