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Yggdrasil, the Tree of Life in Norse mythologyYggdrasil (Yggdrasill), the sacred ash, the Tree of Life, the Mundane Tree of Norse mythology, whose branches overhang the Universe
Pergamon Altar. Athena against the giant AlcyoneusPergamon Altar. Built by order of Eumenes II Soter. 164-156 BC by artists of the school of Pergamon. Marble and limestone. East frieze. Gigantomachy. Struggle between gods and giants
Ahaetulla prasina, Short-nosed vine snakeHand-coloured engraving from An account of Indian Serpents collected on the coast of Coromandel. The Patrick Russell Collection 1796 Date: 1796
Congo / Cartoon / Punch / 1906King Leopold II, King of the Belgians, crushes the Belgian Congo. In the rubber coils
The Head of Medusa, ca. 1618. Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640). Oil on canvas, 68.5 x 118 cm
Henrys Fork, Snake River, Yellowstone, 1883Engraving showing some men fly-fishing for salmon in a canoe at Henrys Fork on the Snake River, Yellowstone National Park, 1883
Tarot Card 10 - La Roue de Fortune (The Wheel of Fortune)
Tutankhamun, PharaohTUTANKHAMUN, PHARAOH Egyptian ruler of the 18th dynasty of Egypt 1361-52 BC
Tarot Card 9 - L Ermite (The Hermit)
New Forest Snake CatcherThe New Forest snake catcher
Egyptian Art. Temple of Kom Ombo. Sekhmet, the lion-headed gEgyptian Art. Temple of Kom Ombo. Ptolemaic Dynasty. 2nd century B.C. Dedicated to the crocodile god Sobek and falcon god Haroeris
Gertrude Hermes - Sculptor, Designer, EngraverGertrude Hermes (1901-1983) - Sculptor, Designer, Engraver 1940
Snake speciesMarine file snake, Chersydrus granulatus, pelagic sea snake, Pelamys bicolor, Lake Taal snake, Hydrophis cyanocinctus, wart snake, Acrochordus javanicus, tentacle snake, Erpeton tentaculatus
Zeus Meilichios depicted as a snake and a family of supplicaRelief with Zeus Meilichios depicted as a snake. On the left, a family of supplicants. Dedicated by Aristomene. Found in Pangrati (Athens) and dated between 350-300 BC
Art Greek. Hellenistic. The Statue of Lacoon (Laacoonte). 2Art Greek. Hellenistic. Statue of Lacoon and his sons (Antiphates and Thymbraeus). The sculpture is attributed by three sculptors from the island of Rhodes. Agesander, Athenedores and Polydorus
Bungarus fasciatus, Banded KraitSnake skin mounted on paper, The Patrick Russell Collection c.1790 Date: circa 1790
Peter the Great, Equestrian Statue, St PetersburgView of the equestrian statue to Peter the Great (1672 - 1725) in St Petersburg, Russia. Known as the Bronze Horseman, it was installed in 1782
Snake skeleton by Albertus SebaTab 107 illustrating a section of snake skeleton from Thesaurus, by Albertus Seba
Quince tree and fruit, Cydonia oblonga Pyrus cydonia, Linn. Coignassier. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Jean Victor Dupin junior from Pierre Joseph Buchoz Herbier Artificial
Snake charmer with snake, India. Date: circa 1890s
Film, The Passing of Mr Quinn, by Agatha ChristieFilm, The Passing of Mr Quinn, Argosy Film Co Ltd, with Stewart Rome and Trilby Clark, directed by Leslie Hiscott, based on a mystery story by Agatha Christie - the first British film to be made
Ejecting an intruderPlate opposite page 297 from The Malay Archipelago by Alfred Russel Wallace, London 1874
Snake TattooThe latest craze for feminine beauty is the tattooing of the back with serpents, butterflies, etc. This picture was taken in a London salon. Date: 1929
Vishnu and Lakshmi, Hindu godsVishnu and his wife Lakshmi, Hindu gods, sitting on a couch
Coral SnakeLatin name: Elaps Corallinus
Grass Snake AesculapiusCouleuvre d Esculape
Adam & Eve Name AnimalsAdam in Eden names the creatures in creation
Python sebae, African rock pythonHand coloured lithograph from final volume of Erpetologie Generale ou Histoire Naturelle complcte des Reptiles (1854) by A.M.C. Dumeril, G. Bibron, and A. Dumeril
Jungle Book / KiplingBaloo the bear, Kaa the snake, Bagheera the panther & the elephants
Vera Mirova in her snake dance, 1928Vera Mirova, who specialises in authentic oriental (from Burma, Java, Japan and East India) dances, in her snake dance, 1928 which she was performing in New York Date: 1928
Three adder stones, also known as hag stones, witch stones, serpents eggs and snakes eggs. They are believed by some to have been formed by the secretions of snakes or adders
The concept of the universe: the hindu cosmic turtleThe concept of the universe: the cosmic turtle featuring a snake (cobra) and elephants
Wheel of Fortune on a tarot cardThe Wheel of Fortune, as depicted on a tarot card. Date: 1926
Mrs Arthur Cadogan with her pet boa-constrictorThe Latest Cult - strange pets. Mrs. Arthur Cadogan looking very relaxed and elegant, wearing her pet boa-constrictor as a fashion accessory it seems. Date: 1905
Virginia snakeroot, Aristolochia serpentaria. Handcoloured woodblock engravings from James Mains Popular Botany, Orr and Smith, London, 1835
Two Suriname snakes: Green snake and checkeredTwo Suriname snakes: Green snake (Malayan green whipsnake, Ahaetulla mycterizans?) and checkered garter snake, Thamnophis marcianus
Pipefish, trumpetfish, tropical fish and blowfishBroadnosed pipefish, Syngnathus typhle 1, Syngnatus sphidion, trumpetfish, Aulostomus maculatus 2, snake pipefish, Entelurus aequoreus Sygnatus aequorens 3, tropical fish species 4, 5
Great sea serpent seen off the coast of Greenland in 1734, Scoliophis atlanticus. From a description by Hans Egede. Steel engraving by W.H
Painted coral snake, Micrurus corallinus, native to Brazil. Handcoloured lithograph from Carl Hoffmanns Book of the World, Stuttgart, 1848
Snake charmer, Banares, IndiaA snake charmer sits on the pavement and plays to his cobra, which rears up out of a wicker basket. Banares, India Date: 1986
Tunisia - Tunis - Street Snake Charmer with a pair of cobras - note the French colonial men and women watching on (from a safe distance). Date: circa 1907
The Athena Giustiniani. Roman copy of a Greek statue of PallThe Athena Giustiniani or Giustiniani Minerva. Parian marble. Antonine Roman copy of a Greek statue of Pallas Athena. 2nd century. Detail. Braccio Nuovo. Chiaramonti Museum. Vatican Museums
Mexico City. Quetzalcoatl SnakeMEXICO. Mexico City. National Museum of Anthropology. Teotihuacan Hall. Quetzalcoatl Snake. Aztec art. Sculpture
El Efah (Snake)
The Buskah (Snake)
Snake Charmer in India - Victorian period
Snake charmer, India
India - Calcutta snake charmers early 1900s
Zoo keeper with python at London Zoo, Victorian period. Date: late 19th century
The Great Aztec Temple at Tenochtitlan. Dedicated to the god of war. Built in a large square, with an ashlar wall, carved on the outside with different loops of chained snakes. Engraving
The SnakeA colourful book illustration of a petrified looking man, being consistricted by a huge, green snake that is coiled around his body. Date: circa 1917
Kabuki actor as Kiyohime, Japanese traditional storyKabuki actor as Kiyohime, in a Japanese traditional story involving the beautiful daughter of a village magistrate who falls in love with a young priest
Advert, Hingston & Company, Chemists and Druggists, Cheltenham. Date: 1826
A selection of salon shoes. Date: 1930
Death of Cleopatra (69-30 BC). Engraving. ColoredCleopatra VII Philopator (69-30 BC). Queen of Egypt. The death of Cleopatra. Engraving in The Artistic Illustration, 1888. Colored
Book of the Dead. Fragment. EgyptFragment of a text of the Book of the Dead. Ink on papyrus. Around 1480 BC. 18th Dynasty. New Kingdom. British Museum. London. United Kingdom
Cartoon, The Valley of the Shadow of Death, by James Gillray. Depicting Napoleon (ironically in the role of John Bunyan's pilgrim, Christian) having to confront an array of problems
Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Campesino, defiende con las armas al gobierno que te dio la tierra (Farmer, defend with arms the government that gave the land to you). Poster. SPAIN. Barcelona
Head Keeper with Snake at London Zoo 1896Mr. Tyrrell the Head Keeper of the Reptile House at London Zoo, holding a 9 feet long boa constrictor, that is coiling round his neck. Date: 1896
Selection page of British reptiles. Date: 1881
Burmese snake charmers Date: 1916
ROMAN FUNERAL IMAGEA Roman funeral image, possibly representing the Lord of the Underworld before whom the dead individual must come for judgment Date:
ARISTAEUS & EURYDICEAristaeus takes a fancy to Eurydice : fleeing his unwelcome attentions, she treads on a snake which bites her fatally : she dies, and Aristaeus is punished Date:
Snake charmers in Burma. Date: circa 1916
Common Lizard and Grass Snake by David Parry
Snake-Charmers in IndiaSnake-charmers handle the cobra with impunity as they play their instruments. Date: late 1890s
Snake charmers, musical instruments, India, c. 1880 sSnake charmers, musical instruments, India, c.1880 s
Scenes in Egypt, 1820The great ruins of the Colossi of Memnon in Luxor in south Egypt 73, raft of earthenware pitchers on the Nile 74, and women carrying water pitchers on their heads 74
Wart snake or little filesnake, Acrochordus granulatus. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence, Italy
Mud lobster and mud shrimpMud lobster, Thalassina anomala 1, and mud shrimp, Upogebia stellata 2. Talassina scorpionoide, Gebia stellata. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario
Saw-scaled viper and Madagascar leafnose snakeSaw-scaled viper, Echis carinatus 1, and Madagascar leafnose snake, Langaha madagascariensis 2. Scitale zigzag, Langaha a muso appuntato
Ring-necked spitting cobra and Martinique lanceheadRing-necked spitting cobra, Hemachatus haemachatus 1, and Martinique lancehead, Bothrops lanceolatus 2. Vipera emacate, Trigonocefalo ferro di lancia
House gecko and broad-tailed geckoHouse gecko, Hemidactylus frenatus 1, and broad-tailed gecko, Phyllurus platurus 2. Tarantola delle case, Filluro della Nuova Olanda
Cartoon, Queen Victoria and her Ministers - (left to right) Lord John Russell, Earl of Mulgrave, Lord Brougham, Lord Melbourne, Duchess of Kent (mother), Queen Victoria, Earl of Durham
Watching Snake-hips Johnson at the Cafe de ParisImpression by Feliks Topolski for The Sketch magazine in their regular series on Cabaraets of Wartime London, of Kenrick Reginald Hijmans Johnson (1914 1941)
Common adder and Ringed snake. Date: 1843
Common death adder, Acanthopis antarcticus (Browns acanthopis, Acanthopis brownii). Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn
Snake blenny, lesser spiny eel and wolf fishSnake blenny, Ophidion barbatum 73, lesser spiny eel, Macrognathus aculeatus 74, wolf fish, Anarhichas lupus 75, and its jaw and teeth 76, 77
Red-tailed pipe snake, Cylindrophis ruffus (Cylindrophis resplendens). Handcoloured lithograph after an illustration by Sandler from Georg Friedrich Treitschkes Gallery of Natural History
Green vine snake or flatbread snake, Oxybelis fulgidus (Dryophis fulgidus). Handcoloured lithograph after an illustration by Sandler from Georg Friedrich Treitschkes Gallery of Natural History
Common European viper or adder, Vipera berus (Pelias chersea). Handcoloured lithograph from Georg Friedrich Treitschkes Gallery of Natural History, Naturhistorischer Bildersaal des Thierreiches
Desert horned viper, Cerastes cerastes (Gonyechis cerastes). Handcoloured lithograph from Georg Friedrich Treitschkes Gallery of Natural History, Naturhistorischer Bildersaal des Thierreiches
Green banded urania moth, rattlesnake and snail-eater snakeGreen banded urania moth, Urania leilus, rattlesnake, Crotalus durissus, and snail-eater snake, perhaps Dipsas catesbyi. Copperplate engraving by Barlow after an original illustration by Captain John
