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Graphic material
1 illustration : pencil and ink on paper with watercolour ; 24.2 x 32.5 cm
Illustration of: Batwing coral crab (Carpilius corallinus); in French, Crabe corail. Place of creation: au Cap [Cap-Haïtien].
Inscription (transcribed from recto): N. 1 Le Honteux Gr. Nat.
Inscription (from recto; translation): N. 1 The Shamed Life Size.
Inscription (transcribed from verso): No. 6 Crabe de mer espece de honteux. fait au Cap le 6 fevrier 1776. Rabié d'après nature. no. 67. Le honteux, crabe de mer.
Inscription (from verso; translation): No. 6 Sea crab type of "honteux" [shamed]. done at Le Cap 6 February 1776. Rabié from life. no. 67. The shamed, sea crab.