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Graphic material
1 illustration : pencil and ink on paper with watercolour ; 22.2 x 32.0 cm
Illustration of: French angelfish (Pomacanthus paru); in French, Demoiselle chiririte; in Haitian Creole, Marguerite[?]. Place of creation: au Cap [Cap-Haïtien]. Specimen origin: Caribbean.
Trimmed.
Inscription (transcribed from recto): No. 24. Demoiselle.
Inscription (from recto; translation): No. 24 Demoiselle.
Inscription (transcribed from verso): [N]o. 24 La demoiselle, Poisson fort Bon a manger. Grand. nat. fait au Cap le 6 8bre 1773 Rabié / la Six-Rayes / no. 28. La demoiselle, de grandeur naturelle. ou six-raies.
Inscription (from verso; translation): [N]o. 24 The demoiselle, A Fish extremeny good to eat. Life size done at Le Cap 6 October 1773 Rabié / the Six-Fin / no. 28. The demoiselle, life size, or six-fin.