Snake Collection (page 11)

Catching Serpents in India Using Clubs and Torches to Light the Undergrowth, pub
Catching Serpents in India Using Clubs and Torches to Light the Undergrowth, plate 44 from Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium (Of Hunting: Wild Beasts, Birds, Fish) pub. 1640 (engraving)

Bungarum Pamah, pub. 1796 (hand coloured engravings). Creator: William Skelton (1763 - 1848)
Bungarum Pamah, from an Account of Indian Serpents Collected on the Coast of Coromandel, pub. 1796 (hand coloured engravings)

Various Insects and Reptiles of Different Parts of the World. Artist: W Grainger
Various Insects and Reptiles of Different Parts of the World. Scorpion, rattle snake, locust, crocodile, centipede, elephant beetle, worm, moth, butterfly, spider, Horn Serpent

Head of the Gorgon Medusa in embossing gold, piece from the royal tomb at Vergina (350 BC)

The snake of metal, by Van Dyck

To the Glory of the Rt Honble Sr Robert Walpole, 1730. Artist: F Dumouchel
To the Glory of the Rt Honble Sr Robert Walpole, 1730. Showing allegorical figures with a key and surrounding, explanatory text

The Eagle of St. John (wood engraving)
The Eagle of St.John (wood engraving)

Our Lady of Courdes, 1920 (wood engraving)

Eve, 1926, (wood engraving)

A group of Constellations, 1603. Artist: Alexander Mair
A group of Constellations, 1603. From Uranometria by Johann Bayer, 1603

Dark Cavern, 1906. From The Ring Cycle of operas by German composer Richard Wagner. Alberich turns into a serpent to prove the powers of the ring to Wotan and Loge

The Punishment of Loki, 1925. Loki is a giant in Norse mythology, who is bound to a rock by the other gods and forced to have poison from a snake dropped on his face

Constellation of Ophiucus, 1729. Plate 22 from Atlas Coelestis, by John Flamsteed (1646-1710), the first Astronomer Royal

Puzzle Picture - Old Swiss Mill, pub. 1872, Currier & Ives (Colour Lithograph)

Constellation of Serpens, 1603. Artist: Johann Bayer
Constellation of Serpens, 1603. Constellation of Serpens split into two pieces, Serpens Caput (representing the head of the snake) and Serpens Cauda (the tail)

In the Desert. Artist: Karasin, Nikolai Nikolayevich (1842-1908)
In the Desert. Found in the collection of the Regional I. Kramskoi Art Museum, Voronezh

Aesculapius, 1852. Artist: John Leech
Aesculapius, 1852. From The Comic History of Rome, by Gilbert A A Beckett, illustrated by John Leech. [Bradbury, Agnew & Co, London, 1852]

The Ambassadors purchasing Aesculaplus, 1852. Artist: John Leech
The Ambassadors purchasing Aesculaplus, 1852. From The Comic History of Rome, by Gilbert A A Beckett, illustrated by John Leech. [Bradbury, Agnew & Co, London, 1852]

The Evil Conscience of Tarquin, 1852. Artist: John Leech
The Evil Conscience of Tarquin, 1852. From The Comic History of Rome, by Gilbert A A Beckett, illustrated by John Leech. [Bradbury, Agnew & Co, London, 1852]

Persian snake charmers, 1902. Artist: W Rau
Persian snake charmers, 1902. From The Living Races of Mankind, Vol. I. [Hutchinson & Co, London, 1902]

Twelfth Key of Basil Valentine, 1651, illustrating that the Philosophers Stone must be combined with gold to produce new gold, just as a lion eats a serpent to change it into its own substance

Orestes Pursued by Furies, 1880. Artist: Antique
Orestes Pursued by Furies, 1880. Following the murder of his mother, Orestes is tormented by The Furies, beings who personify the anger of the dead. From Stories from the Greek Tragedies by the Rev

Portrait of Simonetta Vespucci, c1480, (1939). Artist: Piero di Cosimo
Portrait of Simonetta Vespucci, c1480, (1939). Simonetta Vespucci (nee Cattaneo; 1453 - 26 April 1476), nicknamed la bella Simonetta, was an Italian noblewoman from Genoa

Snake Charmers, c1890, (1910). Artist: Alfred William Amandus Plate
Snake Charmers, c1890, (1910). From The Hundred Best Views of Ceylon. [Plate Ltd, Colombo, Kandy & Nuwara Eliya, 1910]

Secretary Bird (Sagittarius serpentarius), c1850, (1856)
Secretary Bird, (Sagittarius serpentarius), c1850, (1856). From Bible Natural History: containing a Description of Quadrupeds, Birds, Trees, Plants, Insects, Etc, Mentioned in the Holy Scriptures

The Countryman and the Serpent, 1870. Artist: Gauchard Brunier
The Countryman and the Serpent, 1870. The Farmer and the Viper. From The Fables of Jean de la Fontaine, by Walter Thornbury. [Cassell, Petter & Galpin, London and NY, 1870]

China, 1838. From A Display of the Naval Flags of All Nations. Collected from the Best Authorities. [Fisher, Son, & Co. London, 1838]

St. Martin in Heaven, (1896). Artist: Ford Madox Brown
St. Martin in Heaven, 1897. A Sketch of the St Martin Window, in the Church of St Martin on the Hill, Scarborough, designed by Ford Maddox Brown, depicting St Martin in heaven

We Come Up Through Many Slaveries Into Freedom, c1918, (1918). Artist: Edmund Joseph Sullivan
We Come Up Through Many Slaveries Into Freedom, c1918, (1918). The title is a quote from The Hive by Will Levington Comfort published in 1918. From Bibbys Annual 1918, edited by Joseph Bibby

Snake Charmers, c1910. [Clifton & Co. Bombay]

Hogs Killing a Rattlesnake, 1930. Artist: John Steuart Curry
Hogs Killing a Rattlesnake, 1930. Painting held at the University of Arizona Museum of Art. From The Studio Volume 113. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1937]

Adam and Eve, 1504 (1906). Artist: Albrecht Durer
Adam and Eve, 1504 (1906). From Durer Des Meisters Gemalde Kupferstiche und Holzschnitte in 471 Abbildungen [Stuttgart und Leipzig, Deutsch Verlags-Ansalt, 1906]

Adam and Eve, 1505 (1964). from Antoine Verards Bible en Francoys, A print from A History of Wood Engraving, by Douglas Percy Bliss, Spring Books, London, 1964

Snake charmers, Delhi, India. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Snake charmers, Delhi, India. Stereoscopic card details

Christ in Hades, 1899. Artist: JF Weber
Christ in Hades, 1899. A print from The Magazine of Art, Cassell and Company, Limited, 1899

Tamasha Wallas, Pune (Poona), India, early 20th century. Two Indian snake charmers

Maoris and carpet snake, New Zealand, 1879. Artist: McFarlane and Erskine
Maoris and carpet snake, New Zealand, 1879. A print from The History of Australasia, by David Blair, McGrady, Thomson, and Niven, 1879

Vishnu guarded by a snake, 1895. Artist: C Goutzwiller
Vishnu guarded by a snake, 1895. From a sculpture in the Jaina Temple of Sadri (Udaipur), India. From The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, division XIV

Snake Catcher and Charcoal Girl, Martinique, c1890. From Universal Geography, Maps & Illustrations, Vol XXXIV, Virtue & Co Limited, (London, c1890)

Charming the venom from a cobra; a snake charmer with a mongoose, India, 1922. Artist: JH Powell
Charming the venom from a cobra; a snake charmer with a mongoose, India, 1922. From Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past, volume IV: Georgia to Italy

Indian snake charmer with mongoose and cobra, 1936. Artist: Fox
Indian snake charmer with mongoose and cobra, 1936. From Peoples of the World in Pictures, edited by Harold Wheeler, published by Odhams Press Ltd (London, 1936)

Snake charmer, India, 20th century

Snake charmer, Calcutta, India, c1900s(?). Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Snake charmer, Calcutta, India, c1900s(?)

Cleopatra, c1880-1882. Artist: W Unger
Cleopatra, c1880-1882. Cleopatra committing suicide with the aid of an asp. A print from Modern Artists, prepared under the direction of FG Dumas, JS Virtue and Co, London, c1880-1882

Dante Gabriel Rossetti, in his back garden, 1904. Artist: Max Beerbohm
Dante Gabriel Rossetti, in his back garden, 1904. Illustration from The Poets Corner, by Max Beerbohm, (London, 1904)

Perseus, 1929 (1930). Artist: William EC Morgan
Perseus, 1929 (1930). Perseus with the head of the Medusa. From Apollo magazine, volume XII, no 71 (November 1930)

Old Swiss Mill, 1872. Artist: Currier and Ives
Old Swiss Mill, 1872. Puzzle picture

The Serpent, 1923. One of a series of WD & HO Wills Cigarette Cards called Lucky Charms, (Bristol and London, 1923)

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