Common krait Size:XS: 40 x 30cm 18th March 1987

18th March 1987

'Juno borrowing the Cestus from Venus'

Also showing John Donne's shrouded statue in detail on the left

with people gathered around a barred window

Common krait Size:XS: 40 x 30cm 18th March 1987Full body study of a Common krait ('Bungaris coeruleus') with two head studies and one scalation detail, includes details of specimen size. The reptile is noted as being drawn from life. This painting forms part of plate 10 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