'The Small Paroquet' Lowther Arcade showing fruit on the branch

showing fruit on the branch

Mike Smith and Lenny Davidson

Formal photographic portrait of Thomas Gregor Brodie

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

'The Small Paroquet' Lowther Arcade showing fruit on the branchOrnithological 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