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Caconne rouge
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- Source of title proper: Title from inscription on verso.
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CA RBD 4-49
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14 December 1775 (Creation)
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1 illustration : pencil on paper with watercolour and gouache ; 33 x 43 cm
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(1717-1785)
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Illustration of Sword bean (Canavalia gladiata); in French, Pois sabre; in Haitian Creole, Kanavlia. Place of creation: au Cap [Cap-Haïtien].
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General note
Watermarks: D&C Blauw (full).
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Inscription (transcribed from recto): No. 50.
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Inscription (from recto; translation): No. 50.
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Inscription (transcribed from verso): Une Branche de Caconne Rouge, avec sa feuille et son fruit et sa fleur. et une Cone ouverte. Grand. nat fait au Cap le 14 Xbre 1775. / no. 49 / une branche de Caconne rouge, avec sa feuille, sa fleur et son fruit. grandeur naturelle 1775. une cacone mure et hors de la cosse. Ce fruit ne se mange pas.
General note
Inscription (from verso; translation): A branch of Caconne Rouge [Red Mucuna], with its leaf and its fruit and its flower; and an open pod. Natural size, done at Cap-Haïtien 14 December 1775. / no. 49 / A branch of the Caconne rouge, with its leaf, its flower and its fruit. Natural size 1775. A ripe bean out of its pod. This fruit is inedible.
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49
De Rabié number
50