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Graphic material
1 illustration : pencil and ink on paper with watercolour ; 24.2 x 34 cm
Illustration of: River crab (Guinotia dentata); in French, Cirrique de rivière; in Haitian Creole, Cirique. Place of creation: au Cap [Cap-Haïtien].
Watermarks: Horn or Strasbourg lily (partial).
Inscription (transcribed from recto): Crabe de ravine. Grand. Nat.
Inscription (from recto; translation): Ravine Crab Life Size.
Inscription (transcribed from verso): Crabe de Ravine femelle, Grand. Nat. au Cap le 21 aoust 1782. No. 2. daprès nature / no. 63. La crabe de ravine, femelle, de grandeur naturelle.
Inscription (from verso; translation): Female Ravine crab, Life Size at Le Cap 21 August 1782. No. 2. from life / no. 63. Female ravine crab, life size.