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Graphic material
1 illustration : pencil on paper with watercolour and gouache ; 32.5 x 42.8 cm
Illustration of Morning glory (Ipomoea purpurea); in French, Volubilis; in Haitian Creole, Liane médecine[?]. Place of creation: au Cap [Cap-Haïtien]. Specimen origin: Cap [Cap-Haïtien].
Trimmed.
Watermarks: Strasbourg lily (full).
Inscription (transcribed from recto): No. 38.
Inscription (from recto; translation): No. 38.
Inscription (transcribed from verso): un morceau de Lianne a Medecine, avec sa feuille. fait au Cap. en 1769. Grand. Nat: / no 37 / un morceau de Liane à medecine avec sa feuille et sa fleur, grandeur naturelle 1769 cette liane est purgative.
Inscription (from verso; translation): A piece of the "medicine vine", with its leaf. Made at Cap-Haïtien, in 1769. Natural size. / no 37 / A piece of the medicine vine, with its leaf and its flower, natural size, 1769. This vine is a purgative.