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Title proper
Rocou
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- Source of title proper: Title from inscription on verso.
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CA RBD 4-55
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31 August 1782 (Creation)
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1 illustration : pencil on paper with watercolour and gouache ; 33.1 x 42.4 cm
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(1717-1785)
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Illustration of Achiote (Bixa orellana); in French, Roucouyer; in Haitian Creole, Woukou. Place of creation: au Cap [Cap-Haïtien]. Specimen origin: Cap [Cap-Haïtien].
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General note
Watermarks: Strasbourg lily (partial).
General note
Inscription (transcribed from recto): n. 55.
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Inscription (from recto; translation): n. 55.
General note
Inscription (transcribed from verso): No. 55. une Branche de Rocou, avec son fruit, au Cap le 31 aoust 1782. Rabié / no. 55 / une branche de Rocou, avec sa feuille et son fruit fermé et ouvert grandeur naturelle 1782 La graine est le rocou, qu’on emploie pour la teinture. Le rocou n’étoit point cultivé en grand, à St. domingue.
General note
Inscription (from verso; translation): No. 55 A branch of the achiote, with its fruit, at Cap-Haïtien, 31 August 1782. Rabié / no. 55 / A branch of the achiote, with its leaf and its fruit, closed and open, natural size, 1782. The seed is annatto, which is used for dyeing. The achiote was not widely cultivated in St. Domingue.
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55
De Rabié number
55