Serpent Collection (page 4)

Snake, c. 1800 Date: C.1800

Naga statue at Wat Chiang Man Temple in Chiang Mai, Thailand Date: 2014

Steamers of the Fall River Line, Massachusetts, USA
The river steamer Puritan, leaving the pier at Fall River, Massachusetts, on the way to New York (above) and the river steamer City of Bellow at the landing place of the Fall River Line at Newport

Cartoon, Ten centuries have passed, WW1
Cartoon, Ten centuries have passed. An allegorical female representing the medieval period holds the famous sword named Durandal (or Durendal), from the time of Charlemagne

Illustration, A Song of the English, Deep Sea Cables
Illustration to A Song of the English, a patriotic set of poems by Rudyard Kipling (first published in the English Illustrated Magazine)

Serpent eel, Ophisurus serpens, and European moray eel, Muraena helena.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieus Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles 1816-1830. Illustration by J.G

Pyramid of the Moon. 4th c. MEXICO. STATE OF MEXICO. Teotihuacᮮ On the steps and at different levels of the pyramid are sculptural representations of Quetzalcoatl, the feathered serpent

Boerhaave, Hermann. Dutch botanist, humanist and physician of European fame. Ilustration of his book Methodus Studii Medici. Engraving. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona. Barcelona University Library

Cartoon, This Years Sea Serpent, WW1
Cartoon, This Years Sea Serpent, depicting the Russian allies in the early stages of the First World War as a sea creature with the head of a Cossack

Ladies orchestra, 1875
An orchestra of musical ladies delights an audience of gentlemen with their playing. In addition to the more usual stringed instruments

The Blue Mosque (The Sultan Ahmed Mosque) and Hippodrome
The Blue Mosque (The Sultan Ahmed Mosque - designed by royal architect Sedefhar Mehmet Aga, a pupil of Sinan), Istanbul (Constantinople) and the Hippodrome

Mexico - Teotihuacan - carving of Quetzalcoatl
Teotihuacan, a pre-Columbian Mesoamerican city located in the Basin of Mexico, today known as the site of many of the most architecturally significant Mesoamerican pyramids built in the pre-Columbian

Art Nouveau - pretty girl kisses a green serpent
Art nouveau postcard design by Nini Hager (Raphael Kirchner using his wifes name for certain works) of a beautiful girl kissing a serpent. Date: circa 1900

Uruguay - Float for the Edison Electric Company
Uruguay - Festival Advertising Float for the Edison Electric Company, South America. Date: circa 1910s

Adam and the serpent. circa 18th century

Serpent protecting its eggs

RAGNARK
A depiction of Ragnarck, the Doomsday of the Teutons

HYGEIA
Greek goddess of health, feeding a serpent from a bowl

Il faut vaincre la tuberculose comme le plus malfaisant des reptiles. A hand squeezing the throat of a snake. The snake is dripping venom. Date 1918

Serpent Lake, Gap of Dunloe, Killarney. County Kerry, Ireland. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Colomne de Serpent. Bronze Serpentine Column in the Hippodrome, Istanbul. Date between 1880 and 1900

Adam and Eve Driven Out of Paradise

Adam and Eve. Date 1504

The air-serpent. Illustration shows a large winged-serpent wearing a friendly mask, frightening the passengers aboard an airship. Date 1909 July 14

Cleopatra bitten by the asp (a somewhat unconvincing, posed version). Date: early 20th century

Japanese New Years card - from 1916. A stylised golden sea dragon set before the unmisstakeable outline of Mount Fuji (Fujiyama) Date: 1916

Switchback Road - Montenegro
Switchback Road from Kotor to Cetinje - Montenegro Date: circa 1910s

Female Initiation - 2
A candidate is initiated as a Companion : in a bush which represents the Garden of Eden, she strokes the serpent, bites the apple and submits to the reproaches of her guide. Date: 1891

Varieties of fish (Pisces), namely: prickly ophidium, spotted sea serpent, chain striped Muroena, Pegasus draconis, conger eel, ostracion quadricornis, perca vittata, perca lucioperca (perch)

Blue Mosque, Istanbul and the Hippodrome
The Blue Mosque (The Sultan Ahmed Mosque - designed by royal architect Sedefhar Mehmet Aga, a pupil of Sinan), Istanbul (Constantinople) and the Hippodrome

Military music - 18th century musicians(7 of 8)
Musicians of the Imperial Guard-a drummer and a serpent player at the time of the First Empire. Date: early 19th century

Knight of Grand Serpent
The ceremonial initiation of a Knight of the Bronze Serpent : the participants march anti- clockwise round a tumulus surmounted by a caduceus - a crucifix with a serpent Date: 1890s

Eve on a Diet
Eve, to the serpent : - No thanks, I m on a diet !

Scots Lake Monster
The reverends Twopeny and Macrae, and their two daughters, saw this creature in Loch Hourn, Scotland, for two days in succession Date: 20-21 August 1872

Poe / Tales / Marie Roget
THE MYSTERY OF MARIE ROGET (Page footer, featuring a serpent). Date: First published: 1850

Devil in the Fields
The Devil leaves his mark on the church and agriculture

LEVIATHAN Date: 1908

Poster for Monte-Carlo Beach, Monaco, printed by Draeger. Paradise Found

The Flag and Arms of Mexico. The coat of arms features an eagle, holding a serpent in its talon, perched on top of a prickly pear cactus situated on a rock that rising above a lake

Serpentine Column and Theodosius Obelisk
The three intertwined bronze serpents were the base of a trophy which once stood in the Temple of Apollo in Delphi. Dedicated to the God Apollo by the 31 Greek cities who defeated the Persians at

Tangiers, Morocco - Snake Charmer
Tangiers, Morocco - Street snake Charmer and musician with a Bendir Frame Drum

Ligue Catholique
Allegorical depiction of the Catholic League - showing the serpent-headed League dividing its loyalty to the king and elsewhere

Countryman and the Snake
THE COUNTRYMAN AND THE SNAKE A charitable man finds a frozen serpent and warms it in front of the fire, but the snake bites him: a wretched creature cannot be raised up

Moses Raises Serpent
Moses raises up the serpent before the Israelites

Emile Ollivier Cartoon
EMILE OLLIVIER French statesman, depicted as a double-dealing serpent at the court of Napoleon III

Giant Serpent Slain
Fridleus slays a giant serpent

Religion / Gods / Lithuanian
The ancient Lithuanians worshipped a serpent god

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