Common krait Size:XS: 40 x 30cm Whitlock 11

Whitlock 11

view from the River Thames

Rough elevation of an equatorially-mounted reflecting telescope supported by a cast iron frame

Panorama showing Park Cresent

Common krait Size:XS: 40 x 30cm Whitlock 11Full body study of a Common krait ('Bungaris coeruleus') with two head studies and one scalation detail, includes details of specimen size. The reptile is noted as being drawn from life. This painting forms part of plate 10 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