Saw-scaled viper Ferrari 250 LM The sitter's elbow rests on

The sitter's elbow rests on the second of these and holds the first volume upright

Plate 48 figure 2 from the paper 'On the placenta'

Plate 19 for the paper 'Observations on the structure and oeconomy of whales'

August 1955

Saw-scaled viper Ferrari 250 LM The sitter's elbow rests onFull body study of a Saw scaled viper ('Echis carinata') with two head studies and one body detail showing scalation, including the saw scales from which the reptile takes its common name, includes details of specimen size. The reptile is noted as being drawn from life. This painting forms plate 12 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