Indian cobra Finish:10-pack 'Peter Mellish

'Peter Mellish

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Indian cobra Finish:10-pack 'Peter MellishFull body study of an Indian cobra ('Naja tripudians'), including variant name 'Dudia Keautiah'. The reptile is noted as being drawn from life. This painting forms plate 2 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, London, 1872. Original: watercolour on