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Chauve Souris
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CA RBD 2-17
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24 September 1773 (Creation)
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1 illustration : pencil and ink on paper with watercolour ; 22.6 x 32.0 cm
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(1717-1785)
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Illustration of: Spiny sea-robin (Prionotus alatus). Place of creation: au Cap [Cap-Haïtien]. Specimen origin: Caribbean.
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Trimmed.
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Watermarks: Horn or Strasbourg lily (partial).
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Inscription (transcribed from recto): No. 16. Chauve Souris.
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Inscription (from recto; translation): No. 16. Bat fish.
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Inscription (transcribed from verso): no. 16. chauve souris de mer Espece de poisson volant, pris dans L... du Cap. de grandeur naturelle peint daprès nature, ce poisson n'est pas Bon a manger il differe Beaucop du poisson vollant que lon prend en pleine mer. fait au Cap le 24 7bre 1773 Rabié / no. 17 La chauve-souris de mer, espece de poisson volant, de grandeur naturelle.
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Inscription (from verso; translation): no. 16. sea bat Type of flying fish, taken in the Harbour of Le Cap. life size painted from life, this fish is not Good to eat il differs aa good deal from the flying fish that one takes at sea. done at Le Cap 24 September 1773 Rabié / no. 17 The sea-bat, type of flying fish, life size.
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17
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17
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16