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Graphic material
1 illustration : pencil on paper with watercolour and gouache ; 33 x 43 cm
Illustration of Barbados cherry (Malpighia emarginata); in French, Acérola; in Haitian Creole, Seriz. Place of creation: au Cap [Cap-Haïtien]. Specimen origin: Cap [Cap-Haïtien].
Watermarks: D&C Blauw (full).
Inscription (transcribed from recto): No. 39.
Inscription (from recto; translation): No. 39.
Inscription (transcribed from verso): une branche de Cerisier avec sa feuille sa fleur et son fruit. Grand. Nat. fait au Cap. Le 17 9bre 1775. Rabié / no. 38 / une Branche de Cerisier, avec sa feuille, sa fleur et son fruit, de grandeur naturelle, 1775. ce fruit qui n’a point de noyau, mais des pepins, est un peu aigre et ne se mange qu’en confitures.
Inscription (from verso; translation): A branch of the cherry with its leaf, its flower, and its fruit. Natural size. Done at Cap-Haïtien, 17 November 1775. Rabié / no. 38 / A branch of the cherry, with its leaf, its flower, and its fruit, natural size, 1775. This fruit, which has no stone but seeds, is rather sour and is eaten only in jams.