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Graphic material
1 illustration : pencil and ink on paper with watercolour ; 24.5 x 32.8 cm
Illustration of: Swamp or Mangrove ghost crab (Ucides cordatus); in French, Crabe mantou. Place of creation: au Cap [Cap-Haïtien].
Inscription (transcribed from recto): Youcouyoucou Grand. Nat.
Inscription (from recto; translation): Youcouyoucou Life Size.
Inscription (transcribed from verso): No. 4. Youcouyoucou ou Zomba, Male, Crabe de mangles, grand. nat. au Cap le 24 aoust 1782 Rabié. daprès nature / no 65, youcou-youcou, ou Zomba, mâle, crabes des mangles, grand[eur] nat.
Inscription (from verso; translation): No. 4. Youcouyoucou or Zombie, Male, Mangrove crab, life size at Le Cap 24 August 1782 Rabié. from life / no 65, youcou-youcou, or Zombie, mâle, mangrove crab, life size.