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Graphic material
2 illustrations : pencil on paper with watercolour and gouache ; 31.5 x 40.6 cm
Illustration of Custard apple (Annona reticulata); in French, Cachiman; in Haitian Creole, Kachiman. Place of creation: Haiti. Illustration of Golden silk orb-weaver (Trichonephila clavipes); in French, Néphile à soie dorée. Place of creation: Haiti.
Trimmed; patch repainted and attached on the recto.
Watermarks: B&C Blauw (full).
Inscription (transcribed from recto): No. 25; 25. / Cachiment / Rabié Fecit 1768.
Inscription (from recto; translation): No. 25; 25. / Custard apple / Made by Rabié 1768.
Inscription (transcribed from verso): Une Branche de Cachimentier, avec sa feuile et son fruit, Grand: Nat:. le 26 9bre 1769 / no. 24 / une Branche de Cachimentier, avec sa feuille, sa fleur et son fruit, grandeur naturelle 1769. un cachiment coupé ce fruit qui est une espece de la pomme-canelle, est peu estimé.
Inscription (from verso; translation): A branch of the custard apple tree, with its leaf and its fruit, natural size. 26 October 1769 / no. 24 / A branch of the custard apple tree, with its leaf, its flower, and its fruit, natural size, 1769. A custard apple, cut; this fruit, which is a species of the sugar apple, is held in low regard.