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Taylor White Collection

  • CA RBD MSG BW002
  • Collection
  • 1736-1759

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

Simia

Drawing of a Silvery Javan Gibbon from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: West Java.] Attributed to Peter Paillou.

Paillou, Peter, approximately 1720-approximately 1790

Simia

Drawing of a Lar Gibbon from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: Thailand, Northern Sumatra, and the Malay Peninsula.] Attributed to Peter Paillou.

Paillou, Peter, approximately 1720-approximately 1790

Simia

Drawing of a Barbary Macaque from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: Northern Algeria, Morocco, and Gibraltar.] Attributed to Peter Paillou.

Paillou, Peter, approximately 1720-approximately 1790

Ape

Drawing of a Barbary Macaque from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: Northern Algeria, Morocco, and Gibraltar.] Attributed to Peter Paillou.

Paillou, Peter, approximately 1720-approximately 1790

Barbary Macaque

Drawing of a Barbary Macaque from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: Northern Algeria, Morocco, and Gibraltar.] Attributed to Peter Paillou.

Paillou, Peter, approximately 1720-approximately 1790

Hamadryas Baboon

Drawing of a Hamadryas Baboon from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: the Horn of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.] Attributed to Peter Paillou.

Paillou, Peter, approximately 1720-approximately 1790

Mandrill

Drawing of a Mandrill from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: West Africa.] Attributed to Peter Paillou.

Paillou, Peter, approximately 1720-approximately 1790

Southern Pig-tailed Macaque

Drawing of a Southern Pig-tailed Macaque from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: the Malay Peninsula, Borneo, and Sumatra.] Attributed to Peter Paillou.

Paillou, Peter, approximately 1720-approximately 1790

Southern Pig-tailed Macaque

Drawing of a Southern Pig-tailed Macaque from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: the Malay Peninsula, Borneo, and Sumatra.] Attributed to Peter Paillou.

Paillou, Peter, approximately 1720-approximately 1790

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