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Cacoyer
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CA RBD 4-5
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13 October 1775 (Creation)
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1 illustration : pencil on paper with watercolour and gouache ; 32.5 x 42.6 cm
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(1717-1785)
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Illustration of Cacao tree (Theobroma cacao); in French, Cacaoyer; in Haitian Creole, Kakawo. Place of creation: au Cap [Cap-Haïtien]. Specimen origin: Cap [Cap-Haïtien].
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Watermarks: D&C Blauw (full).
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Inscription (transcribed from recto): No. 6.
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Inscription (from recto; translation): No. 6.
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Inscription (transcribed from verso): une Branche de Cacoyer avec sa feuille sa fleur et son fruit Grand. Nat. fait au Cap. Le 13 8bre 1775. Rabié et une cone coupée / no. 5 / une Branche de cacaoyer, avec sa feuille, sa fleur et son fruit, de grandeur naturelle, 13 8bre 1775. L’amande qui est dans L’intérieur du fruit est Le cacao, dont on fait Le chocolat, en la torréfiant et en la réduisant ensuite en pâte. on cultivoit peu le cacaotier, a st. domingue. L’arbre étant long à venir.
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Inscription (from verso; translation): A branch of the cacao tree with its leaf, its flower, and its fruit, natural size. Made at Cap-Haïtien, 13 October 1775. Rabié; and a cut cone / no. 5 / A branch of the cacao tree, with its leaf, its flower, and its fruit, natural size, 13 October 1775. The almond which is inside the fruit is the cacao, from which chocolate is made, by roasting it and then reducing it to a paste. The cacao tree was little cultivated, in St. Domingue, the tree taking a long time to bear.
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5
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6