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Part of Taylor White Collection
Drawing of a Red-and-Green Macaw from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: South America. Attributed to Collins, Charles].
Collins, Charles
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Part of Taylor White Collection
Drawing of a Red-and-Green Macaw from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: South America. Attributed to Collins, Charles].
Collins, Charles
The Taylor White Collection is comprised of 938 watercolour paintings of mammals, birds, fish, and reptiles. White, a British jurist, commissioned various artists of the day (including Charles Collins, Peter Paillou, Jacob Van Huysum, George Edwards, and Eleazar Albin) to paint these animal portraits from live and dead specimens brought back to England from around the world. Many of the paintings are accompanied by loose-leaf manuscript notes, written mainly by White in Latin, providing further information about the animal; transcriptions and English translations of these notes have been provided within the record for each painting.
White, Taylor, 1701-1772