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Miesquin
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- Source of title proper: Title from inscription on verso.
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CA RBD 4-53
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3 June 1771 (Creation)
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1 illustration : pencil on paper with watercolour and gouache ; 33 x 43.2 cm
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Name of creator
(1717-1785)
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Illustration of Bitter melon (Momordica charantia); in French, Margose; in Haitian Creole, Asosi. Place of creation: au Cap [Cap-Haïtien]. Specimen origin: Cap [Cap-Haïtien].
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Trimmed.
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Watermarks: D&C Blauw (full).
General note
Inscription (transcribed from verso): no. 53. une branche de Miesquin. avec sa fleur sa feuile et son fruit et un miesquin ouvert. grand. nat. au Cap le 3 juin 1771. on ne mange que la pulpe qui est autour du pepin. Ce fruit est doux. Rabié / no. 53 / une branche de miesquin, avec sa feuille, sa fleur et son fruit, grandeur naturelle 1771. un miesquin ouvert. La pulpe qui est autour du pepin se mange et est assez douce.
General note
Inscription (from verso; translation): no. 53. A branch of the bitter melon, with its flower, its leaf, and its fruit, and an open bitter melon. Natural size, at Cap-Haïtien, 3 June 1771. Only the pulp that is around the seed is eaten. This fruit is mild. Rabié / no. 53 / A branch of the bitter melon plant, with its leaf, its flower, and its fruit, natural size, 1771. A bitter melon, open. The pulp which is around the seed is edible and fairly mild.
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53
De Rabié number
53