From approximately his election as a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1725 to his death in 1772, as the London barrister Taylor White (1701–1772) moved up the legal ladder, he commissioned, gathered, and organized a tremendous collection of zoological paintings now held in the Blacker Wood Collection of McGill University Rare Books and Archives. As White did not publish any major work during his lifetime, he has been substantially ignored in the historiography of science. By investigating the considerable painting compilation available in the collection, this article aims to understand White's scientific practice as a naturalist, working primarily from non-textual primary sources. The taxonomical work comprises the global arrangement of the plates, and the referencing practice, as well as the limited correspondence available on the English barrister, and these help to position the anonymous Taylor White within the world of naturalists at that time.

从大约他的选举从1725年到1772年的皇家学会的研究员，因为伦敦律师泰勒怀特（1701-1772）搬到了法律阶梯，他委托，收集，并立即组织了一个巨大的动物学绘画集合麦吉尔大学珍本和档案馆的布莱克伍德收藏。由于怀特生前没有发表任何重要著作，他在科学史学中一直被忽视。通过调查收藏中的大量绘画汇编，本文旨在了解怀特作为博物学家的科学实践，主要从非文本主要来源工作。分类工作包括板块的整体排列和参考实践，