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Raie, femelle
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- Source of title proper: Title from inscription on verso.
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CA RBD 2-21
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30 September 1773 (Creation)
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1 illustration : pencil on paper with watercolour ; 22.8 x 32.5 cm
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(1717-1785)
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Illustration of: Yellow stingray (Urobatis jamaicensis); in French, Raie; in Haitian Creole, Pwason re. Place of creation: au Cap [Cap-Haïtien]. Specimen origin: Caribbean.
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Trimmed.
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Inscription (transcribed from recto): No. 20.
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Inscription (from recto; translation): No. 20.
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Inscription (transcribed from verso): Espece de Raye, femelle, ce poisson est tres bon et tres tendre, on dit que ses petits le suivent et que lors quils sont poursuivis par quelqu'autre poisson pour ce mettre a labry du danger, ils rentrent dans le corps de leur mere peinte daprès nature long 1 pied. au Cap le 30 7bre 1773 Rabié / no. 21. raie. femelle. un pied de long. ce poisson est très tendre et très bon. on dit que ses petits le suivent et que lorsqu'ils sont poursuivis par quelqu'autre poisson, ils rentrent dans le corps de leur mere, pour se mettre à l'abri du danger.
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Inscription (from verso; translation): Type of Ray, female, this fish is very good and tender, they say the young follow it, and when they are pursued by another fish in order to keep them from harm, they re-enter the body of the mother painted from life 1 foot long at Le Cap 30 September 1773 Rabié / no. 21. female ray one foot long. this fish is very tender and very good. they say the young follow it and when they are pursued by another fish, they re-enter the body of the mother, in order to be kept from harm.
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21
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21
De Rabié number
20