Snakes Collection (#2)

Allegory of Vices, 1840-98. Creator: Attributed to Gustave Moreau; Moreau
Allegory of Vices, 1840-98

The Flight of Bonaparte from Hell-Bay, April 7, 1803. April 7, 1803
The Flight of Bonaparte from Hell-Bay, April 7, 1803

Napoleon Le Grande, December 2, 1813. December 2, 1813. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
Napoleon Le Grande, December 2, 1813

Ragini, possibly Asavari: Folio from a Ragamala Series, ca. 1700-1710. Creator: Unknown
Ragini, possibly Asavari: Folio from a Ragamala Series, ca. 1700-1710

Italian Renaissance illumination, weaving, and marble-mosaic, (1898). Creator: Unknown
Italian Renaissance illumination, weaving, and marble-mosaic, (1898). Figs 1-6: Paintings from divers manuscripts. Fig 7: Velvet-stuff in the Museum vaterlandischer Altertumer at Stuttgart

A Florida Swamp, 1872. Creator: Frederick William Quartley
A Florida Swamp, 1872. Birds, lizards, snakes, Spanish moss and other exotic vegetation in the south eastern USA. From " Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In

Allegory of the Liberal Arts: Logic and Grammar, early 15th century, (1943). Creator
Allegory of the Liberal Arts: Logic and Grammar, early 15th century, (1943). A seated woman holds a snake in each hand, flanked by two bearded men holding books, (philosophers?)

Snake Charmer, 1899. Creator: Raja Ravi Varma
Snake Charmer, 1899. Indian men with baskets of cobras. Postcard. [Ravi Varma Press, Karli & Bombay]

Snake Charmer. Creator: Unknown
Snake Charmer. Indian man with basket of cobras. Postcard

That sprite of air is Schicchi; in like mood of random mischief vents he still his spite, c1890. The alchemist Capocchio is attacked by Gianni Schicchi de Cavalcanti

The other two look d on, exclaiming, Ah! How dost thou change, Agnello!, c1890
The other two look d on, exclaiming, " Ah! How dost thou change, Agnello!", c1890. The Florentine thief Agnello Brunelleschi and Cianfa Donati the serpent merging into a single body

Amid this dread exuberance of woe ran naked spirits wing d with horrid fear, c1890. The damned, handcuffed with snakes: With serpents were their hands behind them bound

Laocoon. Sculptural group representing the Trojan priest and his two sons strangled by snakes

Frontispiece and Titlepage of The Conjurors Magazine, 1792
Frontispiece and Titlepage of The Conjurors Magazine, pub. 1792 (b/w photo)

Pipe, Mid-late 19th century. Creator: Unknown
Wood pipe with high relief of a snake which extends along the stem and wraps around the bowl. Inlaid lead forms the pattern on the snake and the second snake on the pipe bowl

Targhe ed altri ornati di varie e capricciose invenzioni (Cartouches and other ornaments of various and capricious invention, page 34), 1773

Portrait of la Voisin, . n. d. Creator: Antoine Coypel
Portrait of la Voisin, .n.d

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