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Graphic material
1 illustration : pencil on paper with watercolour ; 24.9 x 33.7 cm
Illustration of: King mackerel (Scomberomorus cavalla); in French, Thazard barré. Place of creation: au Cap [Cap-Haïtien]. Specimen origin: Caribbean.
Trimmed.
Watermarks: D&C Blauw (partial); Misc. Mill Marks, Churchill 194.
Inscription (transcribed from recto): N. 53.
Inscription (from recto; translation): N. 53.
Inscription (transcribed from verso): No. 53 Tazard au tiers de grand. nat. Ce poisson est argenté. au Cap le 16 7bre 1783. Rabié / no 50. le tazard, au 1/3 de grandeur naturelle.
Inscription (from verso; translation): No. 53 Tazard [Mackerel] a third life size. The fish is silvery. at Le Cap 16 September 1783. Rabié / no 50. the tazard, at 1/3 life size.