Blue bellied parrot.
Primary Artist
Sarah Stone (1762–1844)
Title
Blue bellied parrot.
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
Text printed from matrix
printed lower centre directly below image, 'S. Stone Delin.'.
printed lower centre below image, 'Blue Bellied Parrot'.
printed lower centre below title, 'London Published as the Act directs, Dec. 29, 1789 by J.Debrett.'
Matrix size
22.6 x 17.7 cm (plate-mark)
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
Country of context
Australia
Creators
Stone, Sarah. | (1762–1844) English | Female | artist
Debrett, John. | (1753–1822) English | Male | publisher
Last Updated
11 Jul 2026
Impressions
Collection
National Gallery of Australia | 2025.180
State
published state
Impression
undesignated impression as issued
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