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Graphic material
1 illustration : pencil on paper with watercolour and gouache ; 33 x 43 cm
Illustration of Canistel (Pouteria campechiana); in French, Canistel; in Haitian Creole, Jòdèf. Place of creation: au Cap [Cap-Haïtien]. Specimen origin: Cap [Cap-Haïtien].
Least Concern
Watermarks: D&C Blauw (full).
Inscription (transcribed from recto): No. 12.
Inscription (from recto; translation): No. 12.
Inscription (transcribed from verso): Une branche de jaune d’oeuf avec sa feuille, sa fleur et son fruit; et un jaune d’oeuf coupé. Grand. Nat. fait au Cap 30 9bre 1775. Rabié / no. 15 / une Branche de jaune d’oeuf, avec sa fleur, sa feuille et son fruit, grandeur naturelle, 1775 un jaune d’oeuf coupé. ce fruit est peu recherché.
Inscription (from verso; translation): A branch of the canistel with its leaf, its flower, and its fruit; and a cut eggfruit. Natural size, made at Cap-Haïtien 30 November 1775. Rabié / no. 15 / A branch of the canistel, with its flower, its leaf, and its fruit, natural size, 1775. An eggfruit, cut. This fruit is rarely sought after.