'The Small Paroquet' Lowther Arcade Original is oil on canvas

Original is oil on canvas 109

Found in the collection of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

Prince Albert

rebuilt in 1706

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

'The Small Paroquet' Lowther Arcade Original is oil on canvasOrnithological 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