Snake Collection (page 8)

Tentacled snake, Erpeton tentaculatum.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieus Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles 1816-1830. Illustration by J.G

Viperine water snake, Natrix maura.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieus Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles 1816-1830. Illustration by J.G

Eastern diamondback rattlesnake, Crotalus adamanteus.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieus Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles 1816-1830. Illustration by J.G

Saw-scaled viper, Echis carinatus, and Madagascar leafnose snake, Langaha madagascariensis.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieus Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles 1816-1830

Indian or spectacled cobra, Naja naja.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieus Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles 1816-1830. Illustration by J.G

Flower fairies of tobacco, everlasting, olive, marvel of Peru.. Handcolored steel engraving by C. Geoffrois after an illustration by Jean Ignace Isidore Grandville from Les Fleurs Animees

Morocco - A Snake Charmer, Tangier
A Snake Charmer, Tangier, Tangier-Tetouan, Morocco. Date: 1927

Rhinoceros viper, Bitis nasicornis, and carpet python, Morelia spilota.. Rhinoceros viper, Bitis nasicornis 1, and carpet python, Morelia spilota 2

Boa constrictor and emerald tree boa, Corallus canina.. Boa constrictor and emerald tree boa, Corallus canina. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Friedrich Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder

The Snake Charmer Date: 1928

Lloyd George tries to charm unemployment, cartoon
The Charmer. I trust I have not overrated the mollifying power of music, says Prime Minister Lloyd George as he tries to charm the cobra of unemployment

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

India - Snake-Charmer and Cobras, Jeypore
Black and white. A crouching man blowing into a pipe with a basket in front of him. A cobra nearby is facing towards him. Beside the man sits a boy, who seems to be holding two more snakes

India - Snake Charmer and Cobras
Black and white. A crouching man blowing into a pipe with a basket in front of him. A cobra nearby is facing towards him. Beside the man sits a boy, who seems to be holding two more snakes

Grass Snake - in sand dunes - near Caspian sea shore - near Krasnovodsk town (Natrix natrix). Turkmenistan

Mangrove Snake / Cat-eyed Snake / Cat Snake - wrapped-around branch overhanging water in mangrove forest (Boiga dendrophila). in Sabang, Palawan, Philippines. February

A snake (unidentified) on a road to Borneo Rainforest Lodge in rainforest. river Danum valley conservation area, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia; June

European / Common ADDER - adults; pre-copulation breeding behaviour (Vipera berus). river Ugutka bank, a tributary of river Bolshoi Ugan, near Ugut settlement; Uganskii Nature reserve, Siberia

Grass Snake - sand dunes - desert (Natrix natrix). Caspian sea shore - near Krasnovodsk town - Turkmenistan. Spring

Girl with Python Kings Road Chelsea
Girl with her boyfriend walking down Kings Road, Chelsea, wearing a mini skirt, leg warmers and a python in 1983 Date: 1983

Marconi strangles Ocean Cable and Land Telegraph snakes
THE INFANT HERCULES Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937), strangling the twin snakes of Ocean Cable and Land Telegraph with his new Wireless telegraph system

British Army Issue puttee-winding machine stamped with War Department broad arrow and dated 1918. |The puttee was adopted because of its protection against snake bites in India

WW2 poster, cut this out of working hours (petty jealousies, bickering), remember its the enemy you re fighting! Design by Victor Hicks. Date: 1940s

Advert for Mayflowa crocodile, ostrich and lizard shoes 1926
Complete range of Mayflowa women reptile shoes. Available from The House of Abbott, in Regents and Oxford Street, London. 1926

Two snake charmers, India. Date: circa 1890s

Snake charmer, North Africa. Date: circa 1870

Wat Chedi Luang temple, Chiang Mai, Thailand Date: December 2012

Street sign and snake in Prague
Street sign name plate and snake decoration in Liliova in Stare Mesto, Old Town, Prague, Czech Republic Date: 2012

Advert for Dolcis shoes 1944
Brighter Outlook. This excusive hand fashioned Dolcis model, made up in soft suede, is brightened with real water-snake and delights you in every step. 1944

Magondi music used by snake charmers
A magondi, an Indian musical wind instrument similar to a bagpipe, made from the outer coating of a gourd. Shown here in use by snake charmers

Roshanara (Olive Craddock), Indian dancer
Mlle Roshanara (real name Olive Craddock, 1894-1926), Indian dancer in a graceful pose, with snake-like arms. She learned to dance as a child in India

Advert for Mayflowa reptile women shoes 1926
Mayflowa reptile shoes. A seletion of mid 1920s lizard, leopard, snake, crocodile skins. 1926

Indians of Oregon C1860
Native American Indians of Oregon (possibly Snake or Shoshone). Date: circa 1860

Patrick as Snake Exterm
SAINT PATRICK depicted in the act of driving snakes and demons out of Ireland. Date: 390? - 461?

John Keast Lord
JOHN KEAST LORD Naturalist : worked as vet, studied snake-charming, discovered animal species in the course of travels, built private collection. Date: 1818 - 1872

Japan - Sacred Bridge, Nikko
Red lacquer Shinkyo (Sacred Bridge), Nikko. Photograph shows the red lacquered Shinkyo (sacred bridge) spanning the Daiya River - part of the Futarasan Shrine complex. Date: circa 1910

Moki Snake Dance, Arizona, USA Date: 1902

Sierra Leone - A Snake Charmer
Sierra Leone, West Africa - A Snake Charmer Date: circa 1910s

Trochoidal artificial snake 7
Trochoidal artificial snake. Hargrave Slide 7

Trochoidal artificial snake. Hargrave Slide 7

Python molurus, tiger python
Skeleton of a tiger python (Python molurus) from Southeast Asia, now part of the collections of the Natural History Museum, London

Snake and plant design
Drawing by Alfred Waterhouse for the ornamentation of the Natural History Museum, London, 1875-1876. Waterhouse designed the museum in the 1860s, and it first opened its doors on Easter Monday 1881

Philothamnus irregularis, western green snake
Western Green Snake specimen in spirit jar held in the Darwin Centre at the Natural History Museum, London. This image is on display in the link corridor from the Life Galleries to the Darwin Centre

LS Plate 105 from the John Reeves Collection (Zoology)
LS Plate 105 from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China 1774-1856

Columber kargi

Asps design
Drawing by Alfred Waterhouse for the ornamentation of the Natural History Museum, London, 1875-1876. Waterhouse designed the museum in the 1860s, and it first opened its doors on Easter Monday 1881

Passenger pigeon design
Drawing by Alfred Waterhouse for the ornamentation of the Natural History Museum, London, 1875-1876. Waterhouse designed the museum in the 1860s, and it first opened its doors on Easter Monday 1881

Detail of terracotta moulding of a snake in the Waterhouse B
The Waterhouse Buiding at the Natural History Museum, London was designed by Alfred Waterhouse (1830-1905) and first opened its doors on Easter Monday 1881

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