'The Small Paroquet' Finish:Stretched Mr Gladstone on the right

Mr Gladstone on the right shakes hands with Prime Minister Disraeli

Britannia swoons on the left and a devil views the scene with glee on right

Following the sudden and angry resignation of the Chief Secretary for Ireland

one of which is smoking

'A View of Burghersh'

'The Small Paroquet' Finish:Stretched Mr Gladstone on the rightOrnithological 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