'The Small Paroquet' Lowther Arcade left hand (with signet ring)

left hand (with signet ring) gripping one arm of a wooden chair

View with Somerset House behind and to the left of the tower

Prince Albert

Though the two-tone metallic blue cellulose is not original

'The Small Paroquet' Lowther Arcade left hand (with signet ring)Ornithological study of the Little Lorikeet (Glossopsitta pusilla) a bird native to Australia. Shown perched on a low tree branch. Plate 48 from Journal of a voyage to New South Wales by John White (J. Debrett, London, 1790). The accompanying text states that this is: 'Green Paroquet, with somewhat lengthened tail; the feathers round the beak, and the base of the tail feathers, red.' The plate is inscribed: 'S. Stone Delin. The Small Paroquet. London