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Graphic material
1 illustration : pencil on paper with watercolour and gouache ; 32.5 x 42.6 cm
Illustration of Cocoplum (Chrysobalanus icaco); in French, Icaque; in Haitian Creole, Icaque/Ponm zikak. Place of creation: au Cap [Cap-Haïtien]. Specimen origin: Cap [Cap-Haïtien].
Watermarks: D&C Blauw (full).
Inscription (transcribed from recto): No. 42.
Inscription (from recto; translation): No. 42.
Inscription (transcribed from verso): fait au Cap le 28 juillet 1775. Rabie. une Branche d’icaque, avec sa feuille et son fruit. / no. 41. / une branche d’icaque, avec sa feuille et son fruit. grandeur naturelle 1775. Le fruit se confie.
Inscription (from verso; translation): Done at Cap-Haïtien, 28 July 1775. Rabié. A branch of the cocoplum shrub, with its leaf and its fruit. / no. 41. / A branch of the cocoplum shrub, with its leaf and its fruit. Natural size, 1775. The fruit can be candied.