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Tayeau
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- Source of title proper: Title from inscription on verso.
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CA RBD 4-25
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3 November 1775 (Creation)
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1 illustration : pencil on paper with watercolour and gouache ; 33.1 x 42.9 cm
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(1717-1785)
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Illustration of Taro (Colocasia esculenta); in French, Taro; in Haitian Creole, Chou Karayib/Mazobèl. Place of creation: au Cap [Cap-Haïtien]. Specimen origin: India/Southeast Asia.
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Watermarks: Strasbourg lily (full).
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Inscription (transcribed from recto): No. 26.
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Inscription (from recto; translation): No. 26.
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Inscription (transcribed from verso): Un pied de Tayeau, ou choux Caraïbe, avec sa feuille, sa fleur et son fruit, au ¼ de Grand. Nat. fait au Cap le 3 9bre 1775. Rabié / no. 25 / un Pied de tayeau, ou chou Caraïbe, avec sa feuille, sa fleur et son fruit. au quart de grandeur naturelle 1775 une racine coupée La racine se mange comme la pomme de terre; les feuilles se mangent comme les épinards, on en fait un calalou avec du piment.
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Inscription (from verso; translation): Base of the taro, or “Caribbean cabbage”, with its leaf, its flower, and its fruit, at ¼ natural size. Made at Cap-Haïtien 3 November 1775. Rabié / no. 25 / Base of the taro, or “Caribbean cabbage”, with its leaf, its flower, and its fruit; at ¼ natural size, 1775. A taro root, cut. The root is eaten like the potato; the leaves are eaten like spinach; they are made into a callaloo with peppers.
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25
De Rabié number
26