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Title and statement of responsibility area
Title proper
Héron blanc
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- Source of title proper: Title from inscription on verso.
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CA RBD 1-55
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Issuing jurisdiction and denomination (philatelic)
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16 May 1775 (Creation)
Physical description area
Physical description
1 illustration : pencil and ink on paper with watercolour and gouache ; 36.2 x 25.6 cm
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Name of creator
(1717-1785)
Custodial history
Scope and content
Illustration of Great Egret (Ardea alba); in French, Grande Aigrette; in Haitian Creole, Gwo Krabye blanch. Place of creation: Haiti. Specimen origin: Haiti.
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General note
Inscription (transcribed from verso): No. 3 heron Blanc de St. Domingue de trois pieds de haut. fait le 16 May 1775 Rabié / No. 56 héron blanc, de trois pieds de haut.
General note
Inscription (from verso; translation): No. 3 white heron of St-Domingue three feet tall, painted 16 May 1775 Rabié/ white heron, three feet high.
General note
Identified by Henry Mousely as: Casmerodius alba egretta (Gmelin) A.W.
Alternative identifier(s)
Table number
56
De Rabié number
45