Russell's viper Size:XL: 100 x 80cm the nest of the goldfinch

the nest of the goldfinch Carduelis carduelis containing a clutch of five eggs

'The Gladstone Pill'

Zoological studies of five types of lizards and snakes

including a steamboat

Russell's viper Size:XL: 100 x 80cm the nest of the goldfinchFull body study of a Russell's viper ('Daboia russellii') with two head studies, includes details of specimen size. The reptile is noted as being drawn from life. This painting forms plate 11 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.