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Graphic material
1 illustration : pencil and ink on paper with watercolour ; 22.3 x 31.7 cm
Illustration of: Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas); in French, Tortue verte; in Haitian Creole, Karèt, Tòti. Place of creation: au fort dauphin [Fort-Liberté]. Specimen origin: Caribbean.
Trimmed.
Inscription (transcribed from recto): No. 60 / 52 / Tortüe.
Inscription (from recto; translation): No. 60 / 52 / Turtle
Inscription (transcribed from verso): No. 45 / 52 / La tortue de mer au 6e de grand. nat. au fort dauphin le 13 aoust 178[?] Rabié / no. 59 La tortue de mer, au 1/6 de grandeur naturelle.
Inscription (from verso; translation): No. 45 / 52 / Sea turtle at 6th life size at Fort Dauphin 13 August 178[?] Rabié / no. 59 The sea turtle, at 1/6 life size.