Saw-scaled viper Size:M: 75 x 60cm Attached to figures 2 and

Attached to figures 2 and 3 by red sealing wax

showing three men holding umbrellas meeting and having difficulty in passing

Paper watermarked: 'S

head and shoulders

Saw-scaled viper Size:M: 75 x 60cm Attached to figures 2 andFull body study of a Saw scaled viper ('Echis carinata') with two head studies and one body detail showing scalation, including the saw scales from which the reptile takes its common name, includes details of specimen size. The reptile is noted as being drawn from life. This painting forms plate 12 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