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Graphic material
2 illustrations : pencil on paper with watercolour and gouache ; 32.6 x 33.5 cm
Illustration of Pistachio (Pistacia vera); in French, Pistachier; in Haitian Creole, Pistach. Place of creation: au Cap [Cap-Haïtien]. Specimen origin: Cap [Cap-Haïtien]. Illustration of River crab (Guinotia dentata); in French, Cirrique de rivière; in Haitian Creole, Krab. Place of creation: au Cap [Cap-Haïtien]. Specimen origin: Cap [Cap-Haïtien].
Inscription (transcribed from recto): No. 46.
Inscription (from recto; translation): No. 46.
Inscription (transcribed from verso): une Branche de Pistachier avec sa feuille sa fleur et son fruit, Grand. nat. fait au Cap en 1770. Rabié. / no. 45 / une branche de Pistachier, avec sa feuille, sa fleur et son fruit, grandeur naturelle 1770 une crabe.
Inscription (from verso; translation): A branch of the pistachio with its leaf its flower and its fruit, natural size, done at Cap-Haïtien in 1770. Rabié. / no. 45 / A branch of the pistachio, with its leaf, its flower and its fruit, natural size 1770. A crab.