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Part of Taylor White Collection
Drawing of an Indian Scops-Owl from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: India and Southeast Asia.] Attributed to Peter Paillou.
Paillou, Peter, approximately 1720-approximately 1790
Part of Taylor White Collection
Drawing of a pair of European Turtle Doves from 18th century specimens [modern geographical distribution: Europe, Africa, Central Asia, and the Middle East].
Paillou, Peter, approximately 1720-approximately 1790
Part of Taylor White Collection
Drawing of a pair of male Indigo Buntings from 18th century specimens [modern geographical distribution: North America as far south as Northern Colombia.] Attributed to Peter Paillou.
Paillou, Peter, approximately 1720-approximately 1790
Part of Taylor White Collection
Drawing of a Eurasian Jackdaw from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: Europe and Central Asia.] Attributed to Peter Paillou.
Paillou, Peter, approximately 1720-approximately 1790
Part of Taylor White Collection
Drawing of a Eurasian Jackdaw from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: Europe and Central Asia.] Attributed to Peter Paillou.
Paillou, Peter, approximately 1720-approximately 1790
Part of Taylor White Collection
Drawing of a Jamaican Lizard-Cuckoo from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: Jamaica.] Attributed to Peter Paillou.
Paillou, Peter, approximately 1720-approximately 1790
James Forbes Zoological Drawings
Collection consists of 57 illustrations of birds, eggs, snakes, and plants by James Forbes chiefly to illustrate his work "Oriental Memoirs," published in four volumes between 1813 and 1815. The majority of the illustrations are either engraved or hand-drawn and then coloured, and have been cut out and mounted on paper. In many cases, a background has been drawn in and coloured or partially coloured. Approximately thirty of the images depict tropical birds, many from the Indian subcontinent, as well as some from Brazil and Australia. A number of these drawings also feature insects, particularly butterflies, and trees and flowers. Fifteen drawings depict bird eggs, including many of forest birds. The images generally contain captions by Forbes or a contemporary, identifying the subject of the drawing. Some birds are unidentified. Numerous drawings also contain species identifications or annotations in pencil by Henry Mousely, librarian of the Blacker Wood Library at McGill University during the 1920s and 1930s. These drawings are tentatively dated to approximately 1811. A note on one drawing indicates that it was originally based on drawings created during Forbes's voyages during the 1780s, then recopied in 1811. Items 44 through 57 depict snakes and reptiles and are tentatively dated to between approximately 1811 and 1818, based on a small number of drawings which are signed and dated. Many of these drawings of snakes and reptiles feature as plates in Patrick Russell's "A Continuation of an Account of Indian Serpents: Containing Descriptions and Figures, from Specimens and Drawings" (1801).
Forbes, James, 1749-1819
Part of Taylor White Collection
Drawing of a pair of Java Sparrows from 18th century specimens [modern geographical distribution: the Philippines, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, and Hawaii].
Paillou, Peter, approximately 1720-approximately 1790
Part of Taylor White Collection
Drawing of a pair of Jungle Mynas from 18th century specimens [modern geographical distribution: India, Southeast Asia, and Polynesia.] Attributed to Peter Paillou.
Paillou, Peter, approximately 1720-approximately 1790
Part of Taylor White Collection
Drawing of a female Eurasian Kestrel from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: Europe, Asia, and Africa].
Collins, Charles