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Graphic material
1 illustration : pencil and ink on paper with watercolour ; 24.5 x 36.1 cm
Illustration of: Atlantic tarpon (Megalops atlanticus); in French, Tarpon de l'Atlantique; in Haitian Creole, Grand-écaille, Gran kal. Place of creation: au Cap [Cap-Haïtien]. Specimen origin: Caribbean.
Trimmed.
Inscription (transcribed from recto): N. 42 Savale.
Inscription (from recto; translation): N. 42 Tarpon.
Inscription (transcribed from verso): [moit]ie de grand. nat. argente. au Cap le 2 May 1783. Rabié No. no. 39. No. 42 / no. 46. Le savale argenté, moitié de grandeur naturelle.
Inscription (from verso; translation): [half] life size silvery. at Le Cap 2 May 1783. Rabié No. 39 42 no. 39. No. 42 / no. 46. The silver tarpon, half life size.