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Chenille du Patagon. Chenille du Papayer.
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CA RBD 3-15
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5 September 1782 (Creation)
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2 illustrations : pencil and ink on paper with watercolour ; 15.2 x 23.4 cm (illustration) and 16.3 x 23.5 cm (illustration)
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(1717-1785)
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Illustration of White-lined sphinx (Hyles lineata); in French, Le Sphinx orangé/Sphinx ligné. Place of creation: au Cap. Illustration of Hispaniolan tiger-mimic queen (Lycorea halia cleobaea). Place of creation: Haiti.
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General note
Inscription (transcribed from recto): Chenille du Patagon Robe Feve/Le Patagon.
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Inscription (from recto; translation): Patagon Caterpillar Shed skin Pupa/ The Patagon.
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Inscription (transcribed from verso): No. 1 caterpillar of the "patagon" [Boerhavia erecta?], and its butterfly called the "patagon" at le Cap 5 September 1782/caterpillar of the "patagon" plant and its butterfly called the "patagon".
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Inscription (transcribed from recto): Chenille du Papayer. Robe. Chrisalide/ Le Noeud du Ruban.
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Inscription (from recto; translation): Papaya caterpillar. Shed skin. Chrysalis/ The Ribbon Knot.
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Inscription (transcribed from verso): No. 2 chenille du papayer [Carica papaya] et son papillon dit le Noeud du Ruban/ chenille du papayer son papillon dit le noeud de ruban.
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Inscription (from verso; translation): No. 2 caterpillar of the papaya [Carica papaya] and its butterfly called the Ribbon Knot/ caterpillar of the papaya its butterfly called the ribbon knot.
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Item number
15
De Rabié numbers
1, 2
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15, 16