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Graphic material
1 illustration : pencil and ink on paper with watercolour and gouache ; 24.0 x 35.8 cm
Illustration of: Southern shortfin squid (Illex coindetii[?]); in French, Encornet rouge. Place of creation: au Cap [Cap-Haïtien]. Specimen origin: Caribbean.
Trimmed.
Inscription (transcribed from recto): N. 36 Chartrou.
Inscription (from recto; translation): N. 36 Chartrou.
Inscription (transcribed from verso): 36 chartrou. moitié de Grand. nat. au Cap le 2 juin 1778. Rabié. 24 1/2 / no. 40. Le chartrou, moitié de grandeur naturelle.
Inscription (from verso; translation): 36 chartrou [chatrou=octopus]. half Life size at Le Cap 2 June 1778. Rabié. 24 1/2 / no. 40. The chartrou, half life size.