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Michel Jean Cazabon (1813-1888)
Lot 60

Michel Jean Cazabon (1813-1888)

Crossing St Joseph's River, nr Maracas, Trinidad. Cocoa - Bamboo & Bois Immortel 3rd Aug 1840

Closed14 December 2018

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Michel Jean Cazabon (1813-1888)
Crossing St Joseph's River, nr Maracas, Trinidad. Cocoa - Bamboo & Bois Immortel 3rd Aug 1840
titled and dated on a label, now lost, previously attached to the reverse of the frame
pencil and watercolour heightened with scratching out on paper
8 5/8 x 12 1/16in. (21.9 x 30.1cm.)

Specialist note

Cazabon observes the scarlet blossom of the native Bois immortel sheltering the cocoa plants, and a stand of bamboo on the banks of the St Joseph river in the Maracas Valley.