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Graphic material
1 illustration : pencil and ink on paper with watercolour ; 27.2 x 18.7 cm
Illustration of Spiny oyster (Spondylus[?]); in French, Huître épineuse. Place of creation: Haiti.
Watermarks: Horn or Strasbourg lily (partial).
Inscription (transcribed from recto): Huitre Armée. / No. 4 / au Cap le 9 juin 1783 Rabié.
Inscription (from recto; translation): Armed oyster [Spondylus?] / No. 4/ at Le Cap 9 June Rabié.