Primary Artist

Miss Stone (1780-1791)

Title

Psittacus Splendidus. The Splendid Parrot

Date made

1790

Reference

Ferguson (1941-69, 1986),

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

engraving, printed in black ink, from one copper plate; hand-coloured

Text printed from matrix

Printed text lower left, 'PSITTACUS SPLENDIDUS'. Printed text lower right, 'THE SPLENDID PARROT.'. Printed lower right, 'Skelton sculpt.'. Printed lower left, 'Miss Stone delt..'. Printed text lower centre, 'Pubt. as the Act directs May 1.1790 by J Parkinson Leverium Musuem'.

Matrix size

24.4 x 20.6 cm (plate-mark)

Edition information

print run unknown

Subject category

Australia, Animal: Bird

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

42248

Creators

STONE, Miss. | English | Female | artist

Skelton, William. | (1763–1848) English | Male | artist

James Parkinson. | (1792–) English | Organisation | publisher