King cobra mb-code 1619721 c1911-c1927

c1911-c1927

It was severely damaged by a fire in 1795

Preserving their religious principles is obviously more important than educating them

View of the George Inn

King cobra mb-code 1619721 c1911-c1927Full body study of a King cobra ('Ophiophagus elaps') with three head studies to show scalation. The reptile is noted as being drawn from life. The painting is on two joined pieces of paper This painting forms plate 7 of 'The Thanatophidia of India: being a description of the venomous snakes of the Indian peninsula, with an account of the influence of their poison on life, and a series of experiments', by Sir Joseph Fayrer FRS (1824 1907), J & A