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Le Paresseux
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CA RBD 1-58
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between approximately 1770 and 19 August 1784 (Creation)
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1 illustration : pencil and ink on paper with watercolour ; 28 x 22.6 cm
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(1717-1785)
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Illustration of Pale-throated Sloth (Bradypus tridactylus[?]); in French, Paresseux à trois doigts. Place of creation: au Cap François, Haiti. Specimen origin: Haiti? South America.
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General note
Inscription (transcribed from recto): Le Paresseux.
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Inscription (from recto; translation): The sloth.
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Inscription (transcribed from verso): fait au Cap Rabié / Le Paresseux, quadrupede de L'amérique méridionale L'un grimpant à un arbre, l'autre dormant.
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Inscription (from verso; translation): done at the Cap Rabié/ The Sloth, south american quadruped One is climbing a tree, the other sleeping.
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Identified by Henry Mousely as: The Aï or Three-toed Sloth (Bradypus tridactylus) H.M.
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59