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1 illustration : pencil on paper with watercolour and gouache ; 33 x 43 cm
Illustration of Harissia divaricata [?]; in Haitian Creole, Catastres. Place of creation: au Cap [Cap-Haïtien]. Specimen origin: Cap [Cap-Haïtien].
Watermarks: D&C Blauw (full).
Inscription (transcribed from recto): No. 51.
Inscription (from recto; translation): No. 51.
Inscription (transcribed from verso): no. Une Branche de pomme torche, avec sa fleur et son fruit, et une pomme torche coupée, Grand. nat. fait au Cap. le 15 8bre 1775. Rabié / no. 50 / une branche de Pomme-torche, avec sa fleur et son fruit grandeur naturelle 1775 une pomme-torche coupée. La chair en est insipide.
Inscription (from verso; translation): A branch of the "torch apple", with its flower and its fruit, and a cut torch apple fruit, natural size, done at Cap-Haïtien 15 October 1775. Rabié / no. 50 / A branch of the torch apple, with its flower and its fruit, natural size, 1775. A torch apple fruit, cut. The flesh is bland.