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Graphic material
1 illustration : pencil and ink on paper with watercolour ; 24.9 x 34.3 cm
Illustration of: Blue crab (Callinectes sapidus or Callinectes danae); in French, Crabe bleu. Place of creation: au Cap [Cap-Haïtien].
Trimmed.
Inscription (transcribed from recto): Cerique Gr. Nat.
Inscription (from recto; translation): Cirique Life Size.
Inscription (transcribed from verso): No. 8. Cerique male, crabe de mer, au Cap le 15 aoust 1782. grand. nat. Rabié daprès nature. no. 68. cérique, mâle, crabe de mer, grandeur naturelle.
Inscription (from verso; translation): No. 8. Cirique male, ocean crab, at Le Cap 15 August 1782. life size Rabié from life. no. 68. cirique, male, sea crab, life size.