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Indigo
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CA RBD 4-4
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1770 (Creation)
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1 illustration : pencil on paper with watercolour and gouache ; 32.5 x 42.5 cm
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(1717-1785)
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Illustration of True indigo (Indigofera tinctoria); in French, Indigotier; in Haitian Creole, Digo, Endigo. Place of creation: Haiti.
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Watermarks: Strasbourg lily (full).
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Inscription (transcribed from recto): No. 22.
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Inscription (from recto; translation): No. 22.
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Inscription (transcribed from verso): une Branche dindigo, avec sa feüille sa fleur et son fruit; Grand. Nat. 1770 Rabié / No. 4 / une Branche d’indigo, avec sa fleur, sa feuille et son fruit; de grandeur naturelle, 1770. sa feuille, macérée et pourrie dans L’eau, puis réduite en pâte, et séchée, donne L’indigo. L’indigo dont La culture étoit très chanceuse et avoit fini par être abandonnée, parceque souvent, en une nuit, Les chenilles avoient devoré toute les feuilles, comme dans les cotonneries. de plus, il falloit une grande expérience pour faire de bon indigo, cette fabrique exigeant des connoissances chimiques.
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Inscription (from verso; translation): An indigo branch, with its leaf, its flower, and its fruit; Natural Size. 1770 Rabié / No. 4 / An indigo branch, with its flower, its leaf, and its fruit; natural size, 1770. Its leaf, crushed and rotted in water, then reduced to a paste, and dried, produces indigo. The cultivation of indigo, which was very favourable, was eventually abandoned because often, in one night, caterpillars devoured all the leaves, just as in the cotton plantations. Furthermore, a great deal of experience was needed to make good indigo, this production requiring chemical knowledge.
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4
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22