Indian cobra fighters Botanical study of the 'Caprifolium'

Botanical study of the 'Caprifolium' (honeysuckle)

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Original is oil on canvas 35

Indian cobra fighters Botanical study of the 'Caprifolium'Full body study of an Indian cobra ('Naja tripudians') on grass, including variant name 'Khoyah Gokurrah' and details of specimen size. The reptile is noted as being drawn from life. This painting forms part of plate 1 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