'The Small Paroquet' Lowther Arcade Mike Smith and Lenny Davidson

Mike Smith and Lenny Davidson

John Phillips was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1834

Found in the collection of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

Formal photographic portrait of Thomas Gregor Brodie

'The Small Paroquet' Lowther Arcade Mike Smith and Lenny DavidsonOrnithological 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