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  • Home
  • Who Was Taylor White?
    • The Family
    • Timeline of Taylor White’s Life
  • The Research Project
    • Artists’ Techniques
    • The Manuscript Notes
      • Translating the Notes
    • White’s Taxonomy
    • Animal Identification
      • Extinct Animals
    • Digital Exhibition
    • Glossary
    • Further Reading
  • The Context
    • The Artists
    • The Specimens
    • White’s Library
    • The Scientific Network
  • The Collection
    • Table of Contents
    • Bird Volumes
      • Birds Volume 1
      • Birds Volume 2
      • Birds Volume 3
      • Birds Volume 4
      • Birds Volume 5
      • Birds Volume 6
      • Birds Volume 7
      • Birds Volume 8
      • Birds Volume 9
      • Birds Volume 10
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    • Mammal Volumes
      • Mammals Volume 1
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      • Mammals Volume 3
      • Mammals Volume 4
      • Mammals Volume 5
      • Mammals Volume 6
    • Fish and Reptiles Volume

Fish and Reptiles Volume

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Drawing of a Saltwater Crocodile from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: the Indian Ocean, Indonesia, and Australia. Attributed to Paillou, Peter, c.1720 – c.1790]Saltwater Crocodile
Drawing of a Hawksbill Sea Turtle from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: Oceans worldwide. Attributed to Paillou, Peter, c.1720 – c.1790]Hawk’s bill turtle
Drawing of a Green Sea Turtle from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: Oceans worldwide. Attributed to Paillou, Peter, c.1720 – c.1790]Green Sea Turtle
Drawing of a Radiated Tortoise from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: Madagascar and nearby islands. Attributed to Paillou, Peter, c.1720 – c.1790]Radiated Tortoise
Drawing of an Undulate Ray from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: the Mediterranean, the coast of France, Germany, and the United Kingdom. Attributed to Paillou, Peter, c.1720 – c.1790]Mosaic Ray
Drawing of an Atlantic Cod from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: the North Atlantic. Attributed to Paillou, Peter, c.1720 – c.1790]Cod
Drawing on a Haddock from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: North Atlantic. Attributed to Paillou, Peter, c.1720 – c.1790]Haddock?
Drawing of an Atlantic Mackerel from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: the North Atlantic]Mackerel
Drawing of an Atlantic Mackerel from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: the North Atlantic. Attributed to Paillou, Peter, c.1720 – c.1790]Mackerel
Drawing of a Twait Shad from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea. Attributed to Paillou, Peter, c.1720 – c.1790]Twaite Shad
Drawing of a Plaice from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea. Attributed to Paillou, Peter, c.1720 – c.1790]Halibut
Drawing of a Eurasian Flounder from a 18th century specimen [modern Geographical distribution: The Black Sea, the Mediterranean, and the Northeast Atlantic. Attributed to Paillou, Peter, c.1720 – c.1790]Flounder or Fluke
Drawing of an Common Sole from a 18th century specimen [modern Geographical distribution: The Northeast Atlantic, the Mediterranean Sea, and the Coas of North Africa. Attributed to Paillou, Peter, c.1720 – c.1790]Common sole
Drawing of an Turbot from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: the Northeast Atlantic. Attributed to Paillou, Peter, c.1720 – c.1790]Turbot
Drawing of an Lumpfish from a 18th century specimen [Attributed to Paillou, Peter, c.1720 – c.1790]Lump fish
Drawing of a Sculpin from a 18th century specimen [Attributed to Paillou, Peter, c.1720 – c.1790]Perch?
Drawing of a European Smelt from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: The North Atlantic, the Baltic Sea, and the North Sea. Attributed to Paillou, Peter, c.1720 – c.1790]Smelt
Drawing of an immature Atlantic Salmon from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: The North Atlantic, the Baltic Sea, and the North Sea. Attributed to Paillou, Peter, c.1720 – c.1790]Samples or parr
Drawing of an Atlantic Herring from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: the North Atlantic. Attributed to Paillou, Peter, c.1720 – c.1790]Herring
Drawing of a Northern Pike from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: Freshwaters of Europe, Asia, and North America. Attributed to Paillou, Peter, c.1720 – c.1790]Pike
Drawing of a Goldfish from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: Worldwide in captivity. Attributed to Paillou, Peter, c.1720 – c.1790]Goldfish
Drawing of a Common Roach from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: Europe and Western Asia. Attributed to Paillou, Peter, c.1720 – c.1790]Roach
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