Watercolour of six varieties seeds, beans and nuts, with each element shown numbered 1-12. LC: 'Regne Vegetal / 1. Noix de cacao representee au tiers a peu a sa grandeur naturelle, a fin d'y voir le fruits dans ses diverses croissances / 2. La moitie de cette meme noix coupee en travers / 3. une amande de sa grandeur naturelle / 4. la meme amande depouillee da sa oeau exterieure / 5. petite noix de cacao d'une moins / 6. fleurs de cacao en boutons et ouvertes / 7. noix de cacao / 8. 9.10.11. noix de divers especes de cacao, 12. un Baton de Vanille'. Plant Kingdom / 1. Cocoa nuts (bean) represented reduced from its natural size, showing different growth stages /2. Half of the same walnut, cut across / 3. Almond, at natural size /4. the same almond with the skin removed / 5. small cocoa nut from the same month / 6. Flowers of the cocoa in bud and open / 7. Cocoa nuts (bean) / 8. 9. 10. 11. Different varieties of cocoa nut / 12. Vanilla pod'
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1 item
Physical description
watercolour painting (technique). watercolour (paint). laid paper