Blue bellied parrot.
Primary Artist
Sarah Stone (1762–1844)
Title
Source
John White, 'Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales with sixty-five plates of non descript animals, birds, lizards, serpents, curious cones of trees and other natural productions'. London: Printed for J. Debrett, 1790
Page or Plate number
plate 4, facing page 140
Date made
29 December 1789 (imprint)
Place made
London, Greater London, England View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching and engraving, printed in black ink, from one copper plate
Matrix size
22.6 x 17.7 cm (plate-mark)
Support
paper
Support size
28.7 x 22.5 cm (sheet)
State
published state
Impression
undesignated impression as issued
Edition information
This print was issues in two forms:
uncoloured, printed on soft white wove paper. (standard edition of book)
hand-coloured, printed on smooth wove Whatman paper.
Although the print-run for the publication is unknown, there were some 750 subscribers and the publication in various editions and format was available
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
376199
Accession number
2025.180
Credit line
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program by John McPhee 2025
Country of context
Australia
Creators
Stone, Sarah. | (1762–1844) English | Female | artist
Debrett, John. | (1753–1822) English | Male | publisher
Last Updated
06 Jul 2026