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Graphic material
1 illustration : pencil on paper with watercolour ; 29.5 x 39.5 cm
Illustration of: Harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena[?]); in French, Marsouin commun; in Haitian Creole, Pòpoze. Place of creation: at sea.
Trimmed; minor repairs.
Watermarks: Countermark "IV", initials for Jean Villedary.
Inscription (transcribed from recto): No. 2.
Inscription (from recto; translation): No. 2.
Inscription (transcribed from verso): fait en mer au mois d’aoust [...] Rabie / no. 2. Le marsouin, de sept pieds de long.
Inscription (from verso; translation): done at sea in the month of August [...] Rabié/ no. 2 The porpoise, seven feet long.