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Graphic material
1 illustration : pencil on paper with watercolour and gouache ; 33.2 x 42.8 cm
Illustration of Papaya (Carica papaya); in French, Papayer; in Haitian Creole, Papay. Place of creation: Haiti.
Watermarks: D&C Blauw (full).
Inscription (transcribed from recto): No. 7.
Inscription (from recto; translation): No. 7.
Inscription (transcribed from verso): La tige d’un papayer, avec sa feuille, sa fleur et son fruit, et une papaye coupée, aux 2/3 de grand: nat: / no. 10 / une tige de Papaÿer, avec sa feuille, sa fleur et son fruit, aux deux tiers de grandeur naturelle une Papaye, coupée. Ce fruit ne se mange gueres que confit, comme Les citrons, chadeques &c.
Inscription (from verso; translation): The stem of the papaya plant, with its leaf, its flower, and its fruit, and a cut papaya, 2/3 natural size / no. 10 / The stem of a papaya plant, with its leaf, its flower and its fruit, 2/3 natural size, a papaya, cut. This fruit is eaten only candied, like lemons, grapefruits, etc.