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Title and statement of responsibility area
Title proper
Crabier blanc
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Graphic material
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- Source of title proper: Title from caption on recto.
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Page
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CA RBD 1-53
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Issuing jurisdiction and denomination (philatelic)
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between approximately 1770 and 19 August 1784 (Creation)
Physical description area
Physical description
1 illustration : pencil and ink on paper with watercolour and gouache ; 28.9 x 23.3 cm
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Name of creator
(1717-1785)
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Scope and content
Illustration of Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea); in French, Aigrette bleue; in Haitian Creole, Ti Krabye ble. Place of creation: Haiti. Specimen origin: Haiti.
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General note
Watermarks: Horn or Strasbourg lily (partial).
General note
Inscription (transcribed from recto): Crabier blanc.
General note
Inscription (from recto; translation): White crabeater.
General note
Inscription (transcribed from verso): moitié de grand nat. /no. 54 crabier blanc, 1/2 de grandeur naturelle.
General note
Inscription (from verso; translation): half life size/ No. 54 white crabeater, 1/2 life size.
General note
Identified by Henry Mousely as: Florida caerulea caerulescens (Latham) immature A.W.
Alternative identifier(s)
Table number
54
De Rabié number
47