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Pois à gratter
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CA RBD 4-48
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19 October 1775 (Creation)
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1 illustration : pencil on paper with watercolour and gouache ; 32.6 x 42.8 cm
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(1717-1785)
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Illustration of Velvet bean (Mucuna pruriens); in French, Pois mascate; in Haitian Creole, Pwa grate. Place of creation: au Cap [Cap-Haïtien]. Specimen origin: Cap [Cap-Haïtien].
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Watermarks: D&C Blauw (full).
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Inscription (transcribed from recto): No. 49.
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Inscription (from recto; translation): No. 49.
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Inscription (transcribed from verso): une branche de pois a gratter, avec sa feuille, sa fleur, et son fruit. Grand. nat. fait au Cap le 19 8bre 1775. Rabié / no. 48 / une Branche de Pois à gratter, avec sa feuille, sa fleur et son fruit, grandeur naturelle 1775. ainsi nommé, parceque Les petits poils qui garnissent La gousse entrent dans la peau et excitent une forte démangeaison. ce pois ne se mange point. [bottom right corner, upside down] no. 49.
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Inscription (from verso; translation): A branch of the itching bean, with its leaf, its flower, and its fruit. Natural size. Made at Cap-Haïtien, 19 October 1775. Rabié / no. 48 / A branch of the itching bean, with its leaf, its flower, and its fruit, natural size, 1775. So-called because the little hairs that cover the pod get into the skin and cause severe itchiness. The bean is inedible. [bottom right corner, upside down] no. 49
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48
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49