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Graphic material
2 illustrations : pencil and ink on paper with watercolour ; 16.5 x 22.4 cm and 15.9 x 22.2 cm
Illustrations of Hermit crab (Coenobita clypeatus); in French, Bernard-l'ermite. Place of creation: Haiti.
Inscription (transcribed from recto): 14.
Inscription (from recto; translation): 14.
Inscription (transcribed from verso): No. 14 Bernard l'hermite, ou le soldat Renfermé dans une coquille apellée Roche fait au Cap le 20 obre 1773 - dapres nature Rabié/ bernard l'hermite ou soldat renfermé dans une coquille appelée roche.
Inscription (from verso; translation): No. 14 Bernard the hermit, or the soldier Enclosed in a shell called Roche, made at Le Cap 20 October 1773 - from life Rabié/ bernard the hermit, or the soldier Enclosed in a shell called Roche.
Inscription (transcribed from recto): No. 13.
Inscription (transcribed from verso): 13 Bernard l'hermit ou soldat, renfermé dans un Bourgau, au Cap le 12 May 1783 Rabié/ Bernard l'hermit ou soldat, renfermé dans une coquille appelée Bourgau.
Inscription (from verso; translation): 13 Bernard the hermit or soldier, enclosed in a Whelk, at Le Cap 12 May 1783 / enclosed in a shell called Whelk.