Indian cobra NTS_BROE_73_151.tif carrying lengths of rope

carrying lengths of rope

together with 16 members of their company

Madame Justice is depicted here as blinded

Pit Bull terriers are set in a pit at Westminster

1966 British Grand Prix

Indian cobra NTS_BROE_73_151.tif carrying lengths of ropeDual study of Indian cobra heads ('Naja tripudians'), including variant names 'Gerribhanga Keautiah' and 'Tentuliah Kurrees Keautiah'. The reptiles are noted as being drawn from life. This painting forms plate 5 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 Churchill,