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Graphic material
1 illustration : pencil and ink on paper with watercolour ; 22.7 x 31.3 cm
Illustration of: Spanish hogfish (Bodianus rufus); in French, Pourceau espagnol. Place of creation: au Cap [Cap-Haïtien]. Specimen origin: Caribbean.
Trimmed.
Inscription (transcribed from recto): N. 47 Vivaneau.
Inscription (from recto; translation): N. 47 Snapper.
Inscription (transcribed from verso): N. 46 / 47 / vivaneau ou petite aigrette jaune au Cap le 8 juillet 1783 Rabié / no. 47. Le Vivaneau, ou petite aigrette jaune.
Inscription (from verso; translation): N. 46 / 47 / snapper or little yellow aigrette at Le Cap 8 July 1783 Rabié / no. 47. The Snapper, or little yellow aigrette.