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Graphic material
1 illustration : pencil on paper with watercolour and gouache ; 32.5 x 42.6 cm
Illustration of Sugar-apple (Annona squamosa); in French, Pommier cannelle; in Haitian Creole, Kachiman kanèl. Place of creation: au Cap [Cap-Haïtien]. Specimen origin: Cap [Cap-Haïtien].
Watermarks: B&C Blauw (full).
Inscription (transcribed from recto): No. 14.
Inscription (from recto; translation): No. 14.
Inscription (transcribed from verso): Une Branche de pommier Canelle, avec sa feüille, sa fleur et son fruit. Grand[eur] Nat: fait au Cap. le 10 8bre 1775. Rabié. / no. 22 / Onona Squamosa (Corossoliers) / une Branche de Pommier-canelle, avec sa feuille, sa fleur et son fruit, grandeur naturelle 1775. une Pomme-canelle coupée. La pomme-canelle est un fruit délicieux. on mange la pulpe qui est blanche et sucrée, on la mange avec une cuiller.
Inscription (from verso; translation): A branch of the sugar-apple tree, with its leaf, its flower, and its fruit. Natural size; made at Cap-Haïtien. 10 October 1775. Rabié. / no. 22 / Onona Squamosa (Corossoliers) / A branch of the sugar-apple tree, with its leaf, its flower, and its fruit, natural size, 1775. A sugar-apple, cut. The sugar-apple is a delicious fruit. The pulp is eaten, which is white and sweet; it is eaten with a spoon.