Snake Collection (page 10)

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

India - West Bengal - Hooghly river - Kalna: Lalji temple area, the snake temple. Date: 2011

Snake charmer, Tunis, Tunisia. Date ca. 1899

Snake game rules

The snake wagon. Date c1874

The new snake game

Snake charmers, Morocco, Tangiers

Man biting snake at sideshow, state fair, Donaldsonville, Louisiana. Date 1938 Nov

Adam and Eve Driven Out of Paradise

Man chewing piece of snake which he has just bitten off, state fair sideshow, Donaldsonville, Louisiana. Date 1938 Nov

Snake eater, sideshow, Donaldsonville, Louisiana. Date 1938 Nov

Indian Snake Catcher exhibits snakes before Europeans
A Saumpareeah or Snake Catcher exhibiting snakes before Europeans. (Plate 11 of 20) Date: 1813

Snake Box
Title block for a trick in a Magic dealers trick catalogue Date: 1952

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

A Snake Charmer with a Mongoose Date: circa 1910s

Indian Snake Charmers Date: circa 1910s

Snake Charmer - Peshawar, Pakistan, with his pipe and musical Cobra (extremely real by the looks of things!). Date: 1924

Old French Cannons
Two of the oldest and most interesting cannons in a collection in Paris, France, the upper of them called The Snake, covered with sculptures of men and women embracing. Date: 16th century

Shore / Mangrove Viper
A Shore, or Mangrove Viper. Date: 1960s

Garden Tree Boas
Garden Tree Boa Constrictors. Date: 1960s

Garden Tree Boa
A Garden Tree Boa Constrictor. Date: 1960s

ANACONDA
An Anaconda, an aquatic boa snake, which can be found in the swamps of South America. Date: 1970s

Madagascan Boa
A Madagascan Boa Constrictor. Date: 1960s

African Python
A coiled African Python. Date: 1960s

Grass Snake
A grass snake. Date: 1950s

A Snake in the Grass
A snake in the grass... Date: 1930s

Beauty Snakes at Chester Zoo, Cheshire, England. Date: 1960s

Horned Viper
A Horned Viper. Date: 1960s

A SNAKE
A snake. Date: 1960s

A dog encounters a snake. A Belgian Schipperke battles a snake. Date: 20th century

Snake charming in Marrakech, Morocco. circa 2008

Still from early animated short film
A still from an early animated short film - very much in the style of a young Walt Disney! - depicting a couple in a small boat being blown forward by a sea monster

Arch Druid (Smith)
The Arch Druid in his judicial habit holds the peithynin, or elucidator, on which maxims are inscribed : the snake beside the altar-stone is a sacred beast. Date: BCE

Rattle Snake / Nest Attack
A rattle snake (or pit-viper) climbs a tree and attacks a nest, much to the distress of the two adult birds whose eggs are in the nest. Date: circa 1850

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

The White Snake
The white snake can bestow on a suitably qualified mortal the gift of being able to understand what animals say

Massenet / Fantasio 1909
JULES MASSENET French composer: a satirical view Date: 1842 - 1912

Asklepios, Asclepius, Aesculapius, god of medicine
Asklepios (Asclepius), the Greek god of medicine and healing, adopted by the Romans as Aesculapius. Date: BCE

Origin Species, CH Bennett, grieving man - crocodile
A crocodiles tears. Satire on Darwins Origin of Species showing the evolution of a crying, grieving man from a crocodile. Fresh from the funeral of a friend this mans tears conceal an ulterior

Three samp wallahs, or snake charmers
A trio of Indian snake charmers (samp wallahs) demonstrate their art

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

Splinters Poison
British World War Two information poster advising people to get first aid for splinters. Issued by the Ministry of Labour and National Service and the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents

Destruction of Kaleya - a four-armed Hindu God destroys a monstrous many-headed snake (Naga) - which is in the process of consuming two women whilst suspended over a river

Snake Charmer - Martinique
Snake Charmer, Martinique, eastern Caribbean sea

Snake Charmer - Tangiers, Morocco
An attentive crowd watching a rather wild-looking snake charmer. Amongst the onlookers is (interestingly) a British Naval officer smoking a pipe

Egyptian snake charmer

Rusciuk and the River Dunav, Bulgaria
View across the wide span of the frozen River Dunav from the town of Rusciuk in Bulgaria toward Giurgiu in Romania. A path has been established across the frozen expanse

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

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