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Graphic material
1 illustration : pencil and ink on paper with watercolour ; 22.5 x 28.5 cm
Illustration of: Mountain crab (Gecarcinus ruricola); in French, Gécarcin tourlourou. Place of creation: au Cap [Cap-Haïtien].
Trimmed.
Watermarks: Horn or Strasbourg lily (partial).
Inscription (transcribed from recto): Crabe de Mornes. Gr. Nat.
Inscription (from recto; translation): Mountain Crab. Life Size.
Inscription (transcribed from verso): Crabe des mornes, femelle, Grand[eur] Nat: au Cap le 12 aoust 1782. Rabié No. 3. daprès nature / no. 64. La crabe des mornes femelle, grandeur naturelle.
Inscription (from verso; translation): Female Mountain Crab Life Size at Le Cap 12 August 1782. Rabié No. 3. from life / no. 64. fmale mountain crab.