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Graphic material
1 illustration : pencil and ink on paper with watercolour ; 22.2 x 32.6 cm
Illustration of: Common jack (Caranx hippos[?]); in French, Carangue macoque; in Haitian Creole, Carangue macoque. Place of creation: au Cap [Cap-Haïtien].
Trimmed.
Watermarks: Horn or Strasbourg lily (partial).
Inscription (transcribed from recto): 18 La Carangue.
Inscription (from recto; translation): 18 The Jack.
Inscription (transcribed from verso): no. [18] Carangue poisson de mer, Ce poisson est tres Bon au Cap le 27 7bre 1773 Rabié / no. 18. La Carangue de 16 pouces de long poisson de mer peint daprès nat. au Cap le 27 7bre 1773 Rabié / no. 19. la carangue, de 16 pouces de long.
Inscription (from verso; translation): no. [18] Jack ocean fish, This fish is very Good at Le Cap 27 September 1773 Rabié / no. 18. The Jack 16 inches long ocean fish painted from life at Le Cap 27 September 1773 Rabié / no. 19. the jack, 16 inches long.