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Graphic material
1 illustration : pencil and ink on paper with watercolour ; 23.7 x 31.5 cm
Illustration of: Queen angelfish (Holacanthus ciliaris); in French, Demoiselle royale; in Haitian Creole, Demoiselle[?]. Place of creation: au Cap [Cap-Haïtien]. Specimen origin: Les Cayes.
Trimmed.
Watermarks: Horn or Strasbourg lily (partial).
Inscription (transcribed from recto): No. 26. Demoiselle.
Inscription (from recto; translation): No. 26 Demoiselle.
Inscription (transcribed from verso): no. 26. Demoiselle de Cayes, grand. nat. fait au Cap le 8 8bre 1773. Rabié / la Reine / no. 29. la demoiselle des cayes, ou la reine, de grandeur naturelle.
Inscription (from verso; translation): no. 26. Reef Demoiselle, life size. done at Le Cap 8 october 1773. Rabié / the Queen / no. 29. the reef demoiselle, or the queen, life size.