Indian cobra Gerard Murphy barrels and figures

barrels and figures

Having been impeached by Parliament

as his - 25th - assistant Peri

31st August 1960

a battle class destroyer returns home to a warm welcome

Indian cobra Gerard Murphy barrels and figuresHead study of an Indian cobra ('Naja tripudians'), including variant name 'Bans bunniah Keautiah' and details of specimen size. The reptile is noted as being drawn from life. A detail of this painting forms part of plate 3 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