{"id":722,"date":"2014-05-05T17:53:24","date_gmt":"2014-05-05T21:53:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/digitization\/?p=722"},"modified":"2014-05-05T17:53:24","modified_gmt":"2014-05-05T21:53:24","slug":"original-water-colour-paintings-on-the-natural-history-of-st-domingo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/digitization\/original-water-colour-paintings-on-the-natural-history-of-st-domingo\/","title":{"rendered":"Original water-colour paintings on the natural history of St. Domingo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just in time for spring I wanted to post about some beautiful zoological illustrations that came across our v-craddle scanner last week. These original watercolours are a part of four volume collection in the Blacker-Wood Illustrations collection\u00a0and originally published between 1766-84. To see the rest of the volumes you can visit<span style=\"color: #373737;\">\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #1982d1;\" title=\"Rare Books and Special Collections opening hours\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mcgill.ca\/library\/branches\/rarebooks\" target=\"_blank\">Rare Books and Special collection during their opening hours<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_724\" style=\"width: 929px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mcgill.worldcat.org\/oclc\/61505881\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-724\" class=\"wp-image-724 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/digitization\/files\/2014\/05\/lts2014d-0050-02-ratcliffe_0002.jpg\" alt=\"Original water-colour paintings on the natural history of St. Domingo : with mo. notes. (1766) de Rabie\u0301. McGill Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. Blacker-Wood Illustrations. folio M9725 R11 cutter V.4 (FRUITS).\" width=\"919\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/digitization\/files\/2014\/05\/lts2014d-0050-02-ratcliffe_0002.jpg 919w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/digitization\/files\/2014\/05\/lts2014d-0050-02-ratcliffe_0002-229x300.jpg 229w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/digitization\/files\/2014\/05\/lts2014d-0050-02-ratcliffe_0002-784x1024.jpg 784w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 919px) 100vw, 919px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-724\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Original water-colour paintings on the natural history of St. Domingo : with mo. notes. (1766) de Rabie\u0301. McGill Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. Blacker-Wood Illustrations. folio M9725 R11 cutter V.4 (FRUITS).<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_725\" style=\"width: 948px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mcgill.worldcat.org\/oclc\/61505881\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-725\" class=\"wp-image-725 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/digitization\/files\/2014\/05\/lts2014d-0050-02-ratcliffe_0004.jpg\" alt=\"Original water-colour paintings on the natural history of St. Domingo : with mo. notes. (1766) de Rabie\u0301. McGill Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. Blacker-Wood Illustrations. folio M9725 R11 cutter V.4 (FRUITS).\" width=\"938\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/digitization\/files\/2014\/05\/lts2014d-0050-02-ratcliffe_0004.jpg 938w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/digitization\/files\/2014\/05\/lts2014d-0050-02-ratcliffe_0004-234x300.jpg 234w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/digitization\/files\/2014\/05\/lts2014d-0050-02-ratcliffe_0004-800x1024.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 938px) 100vw, 938px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-725\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Original water-colour paintings on the natural history of St. Domingo : with mo. notes. (1766) de Rabie\u0301. McGill Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. Blacker-Wood Illustrations. folio M9725 R11 cutter V.4 (FRUITS).<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_726\" style=\"width: 948px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mcgill.worldcat.org\/oclc\/61505881\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-726\" class=\"wp-image-726 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/digitization\/files\/2014\/05\/lts2014d-0050-02-ratcliffe_0006.jpg\" alt=\"Original water-colour paintings on the natural history of St. Domingo : with mo. notes. (1766) de Rabie\u0301. McGill Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. Blacker-Wood Illustrations. folio M9725 R11 cutter V.4 (FRUITS).\" width=\"938\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/digitization\/files\/2014\/05\/lts2014d-0050-02-ratcliffe_0006.jpg 938w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/digitization\/files\/2014\/05\/lts2014d-0050-02-ratcliffe_0006-234x300.jpg 234w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/digitization\/files\/2014\/05\/lts2014d-0050-02-ratcliffe_0006-800x1024.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 938px) 100vw, 938px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-726\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Original water-colour paintings on the natural history of St. Domingo : with mo. notes. (1766) de Rabie\u0301. McGill Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. Blacker-Wood Illustrations. folio M9725 R11 cutter V.4 (FRUITS).<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_727\" style=\"width: 948px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mcgill.worldcat.org\/oclc\/61505881\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-727\" class=\"wp-image-727 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/digitization\/files\/2014\/05\/lts2014d-0050-02-ratcliffe_0008.jpg\" alt=\"Original water-colour paintings on the natural history of St. Domingo : with mo. notes. (1766) de Rabie\u0301. McGill Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. Blacker-Wood Illustrations. folio M9725 R11 cutter V.4 (FRUITS).\" width=\"938\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/digitization\/files\/2014\/05\/lts2014d-0050-02-ratcliffe_0008.jpg 938w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/digitization\/files\/2014\/05\/lts2014d-0050-02-ratcliffe_0008-234x300.jpg 234w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/digitization\/files\/2014\/05\/lts2014d-0050-02-ratcliffe_0008-800x1024.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 938px) 100vw, 938px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-727\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Original water-colour paintings on the natural history of St. Domingo : with mo. notes. (1766) de Rabie\u0301. McGill Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. Blacker-Wood Illustrations. folio M9725 R11 cutter V.4 (FRUITS).<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_728\" style=\"width: 920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mcgill.worldcat.org\/oclc\/61505881\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-728\" class=\"wp-image-728 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/digitization\/files\/2014\/05\/lts2014d-0050-02-ratcliffe_0010.jpg\" alt=\"Original water-colour paintings on the natural history of St. Domingo : with mo. notes. (1766) de Rabie\u0301. McGill Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. Blacker-Wood Illustrations. folio M9725 R11 cutter V.4 (FRUITS).\" width=\"910\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/digitization\/files\/2014\/05\/lts2014d-0050-02-ratcliffe_0010.jpg 910w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/digitization\/files\/2014\/05\/lts2014d-0050-02-ratcliffe_0010-227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/digitization\/files\/2014\/05\/lts2014d-0050-02-ratcliffe_0010-776x1024.jpg 776w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 910px) 100vw, 910px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-728\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Original water-colour paintings on the natural history of St. Domingo : with mo. notes. (1766) de Rabie\u0301. McGill Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. Blacker-Wood Illustrations. folio M9725 R11 cutter V.4 (FRUITS).<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_728\" style=\"width: 920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mcgill.worldcat.org\/oclc\/61505881\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-728\" class=\"wp-image-728 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/digitization\/files\/2014\/05\/lts2014d-0050-02-ratcliffe_0010.jpg\" alt=\"Original water-colour paintings on the natural history of St. Domingo : with mo. notes. (1766) de Rabie\u0301. McGill Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. Blacker-Wood Illustrations. folio M9725 R11 cutter V.4 (FRUITS).\" width=\"910\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/digitization\/files\/2014\/05\/lts2014d-0050-02-ratcliffe_0010.jpg 910w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/digitization\/files\/2014\/05\/lts2014d-0050-02-ratcliffe_0010-227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/digitization\/files\/2014\/05\/lts2014d-0050-02-ratcliffe_0010-776x1024.jpg 776w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 910px) 100vw, 910px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-728\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Original water-colour paintings on the natural history of St. Domingo : with mo. notes. (1766) de Rabie\u0301. McGill Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. Blacker-Wood Illustrations. folio M9725 R11 cutter V.4 (FRUITS).<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_729\" style=\"width: 920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mcgill.worldcat.org\/oclc\/61505881\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-729\" class=\"wp-image-729 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/digitization\/files\/2014\/05\/lts2014d-0050-02-ratcliffe_0012.jpg\" alt=\"&lt;em&gt; Original water-colour paintings on the natural history of St. Domingo : with mo. notes.&lt;em&gt; (1766) de Rabie\u0301. McGill Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. Blacker-Wood Illustrations. folio M9725 R11 cutter V.4 (FRUITS).\" width=\"910\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/digitization\/files\/2014\/05\/lts2014d-0050-02-ratcliffe_0012.jpg 910w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/digitization\/files\/2014\/05\/lts2014d-0050-02-ratcliffe_0012-227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/digitization\/files\/2014\/05\/lts2014d-0050-02-ratcliffe_0012-776x1024.jpg 776w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 910px) 100vw, 910px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-729\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Original water-colour paintings on the natural history of St. Domingo : with mo. notes. (1766) de Rabie\u0301. McGill Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. Blacker-Wood Illustrations. folio M9725 R11 cutter V.4 (FRUITS).<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just in time for spring I wanted to post about some beautiful zoological illustrations that came across our v-craddle scanner last week. These original watercolours are a part of four volume collection in the Blacker-Wood Illustrations collection\u00a0and originally published between &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/digitization\/original-water-colour-paintings-on-the-natural-history-of-st-domingo\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":96,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[98],"class_list":["post-722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blacker-wood-collection","tag-birds-dominican-republic-santo-domingo-pictorial-works"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/digitization\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/digitization\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/digitization\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/digitization\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/96"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/digitization\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=722"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/digitization\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/722\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":732,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/digitization\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/722\/revisions\/732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/digitization\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/digitization\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/digitization\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}