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Graphic material
1 illustration : pencil and ink on paper with watercolour ; 25.5 x 38.8 cm
Illustration of: Caribbean spiny lobster (Panulirus argus); in French, Langouste blanche; in Haitian Creole, Honma[?]. Place of creation: au Cap [Cap-Haïtien]. Specimen origin: Caribbean.
Trimmed.
Inscription (transcribed from recto): Langouste.
Inscription (from recto; translation): Spiny Lobster.
Inscription (transcribed from verso): de Grand. Nat. au Cap le 21 aoust 1782. Rabié / no. 75. La Langouste, aux 2/3 de grandeur naturelle.
Inscription (from verso; translation): [...] Life Size at Le Cap 21 August1782. Rabié / no. 75. The Spiny Lobster, at 2/3 life size.