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Graphic material
1 illustration : pencil and ink on paper with watercolour ; 24.2 x 31.7 cm
Illustration of: Rhinoceros iguana (Cyclura cornuta); in French, Iguane rhinocéros. Place of creation: au Cap [Cap-Haïtien]. Specimen origin: Haiti.
Trimmed.
Inscription (transcribed from recto): No. 44 Lezard. au quart de grand. nat.
Inscription (from recto; translation): No. 44 Lizard. a quarter life size
Inscription (transcribed from verso): Lezard. fait aux quart de grand. nat. au Cap le 26 mars 1783. Rabie. No. 44. / no. 61. Le lézard de grandeur naturelle.
Inscription (from verso; translation): Lizard. done at a quarter life size at Le Cap 26 March 1783. Rabie. No. 44. / no. 61. The lizard life size.