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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

Red and blue macaw

Drawing of a Red-and-Green Macaw from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: South America. Attributed to Collins, Charles].

Collins, Charles

Red and blue macaw

Drawing of a Scarlet Macaw from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: Middle America and South America].

Collins, Charles

Blue and yellow macaw

Drawing of a Blue-and-yellow Macaw from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: Middle America and South America.] Attributed to Peter Paillou.

Paillou, Peter, approximately 1720-approximately 1790

The green or Military Macaw

Drawing of a Great Green Macaw from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: Middle America and South America.] Attributed to Peter Paillou.

Paillou, Peter, approximately 1720-approximately 1790

Small red and blue macaw

Drawing of a Lesser Antillean Macaw--also known as a Guadeloupe Macaw--from a species that is now extinct. Attributed to Peter Paillou.

Paillou, Peter, approximately 1720-approximately 1790

The Great Green Parroquet

Drawing of a Hispaniolan Parakeet from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: Hispaniola and Puerto Rico.] Attributed to Peter Paillou.

Paillou, Peter, approximately 1720-approximately 1790

Ring-necked or Bengal Parrakeet

Drawing of a Blue-winged Parakeet from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: North Western Ghats, India].

Paillou, Peter, approximately 1720-approximately 1790

Great-billed Alexandrine Parrakeet [male]

Drawing of a male Alexandrine Parakeet from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: the Palearctic and the Indo-Malayan Realm.] Attributed to Peter Paillou.

Paillou, Peter, approximately 1720-approximately 1790

Great-billed Alexandrine Parrakeet [female]

Drawing of a female Alexandrine Parakeet from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: the Palearctic and the Indo-Malayan Realm.] Attributed to Peter Paillou.

Paillou, Peter, approximately 1720-approximately 1790

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