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Graphic material
1 illustration : pencil on paper with watercolour ; 23.5 x 36.0 cm
Illustration of: Common snook (Centropomus undecimalis); in French, Brochet de mer; in Haitian Creole, Brochet[?]. Place of creation: au Cap [Cap-Haïtien]. Specimen origin: Caribbean.
Watermarks: Horn or Strasbourg lily (partial).
Inscription (transcribed from recto): No. 9.
Inscription (from recto; translation): No. 9.
Inscription (transcribed from verso): Brochet de Riviére de 2 pied de long. est un des Bons poissons de st domingue fait au Cap le 18 aoust 1773. Rabié. / no. 11. Le Brochet de riviere, de deux pieds de long.
Inscription (from verso; translation): River Pike 2 feet long, is one of the Best fish in Saint Domingue done at Le Cap 18 August 1773. Rabié. / no. 11. River Pike, two feet long.