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Le Chevalier
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- Source of title proper: Title from caption on recto.
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CA RBD 1-51
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1 August 1783 (Creation)
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1 illustration : pencil and ink on paper with watercolour and gouache ; 29.2 x 22.9 cm
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Name of creator
(1717-1785)
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Illustration of Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus); in French, Échasse d'Amérique; in Haitian Creole, Pèt-pèt. Place of creation: Fort Dauphin, Haiti. Specimen origin: Haiti.
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Trimmed.
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General note
Inscription (transcribed from recto): Le Chevalier.
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Inscription (from recto; translation): The Horseman.
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Inscription (transcribed from verso): No. 48 le chevalier a Moitie de grand nat. vit de petites poissons il nest palme, cep [?] du cote des ongles exterieur au fort dauphin [au Cap crossed out] 1r aoust 1783 / No. 52 Le chevalier, 1/2 de grandeur naturelle cet oiseau n'est palmé que du côté des ongles extérieurs, il vit de petits poissons.
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Inscription (from verso; translation): No. 48 the "horseman" at half natural size. lives off small fish it is not palmate except on the outer toe side at Fort Dauphin 1 August 1783/ No. 52 the "horseman", 1/2 life size this bird is not palmated except on the side of the outer toes, it lives off small fish.
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Identified by Henry Mousely as: Himantopus mexicanus (Müller) A.W.
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Table number
53
De Rabié number
37