Snake Collection (page 9)

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

Snake by Albertus Seba
Tab 54, depicting a snake from Thesaurus, by Albertus Seba

Snake skin

Tropidolaemus wagleri, green pit viper
Also known as the temple viper or Waglers pit viper. It is a tree dwelling snake found in South-east Asia. Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London

Man wearing snake, 1930s
This young man, possibly a junior member of the Zoology Department, is posing with a king cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) that presumably had just arrived at the Museum

Thamnophis sp. garter snake
Hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731) Vol. 2 by Mark Catesby. Entitled The Green Spotted Snake

Farancia sp. mud snake
Hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731) Vol. 2 by Mark Catesby. Entitled Wampum Snake

Crotalus sp. brown viper

Crotalus sp. rattlesnake
Hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731) Vol. 2 by Mark Catesby. Entitled The Rattlesnake

Thamnophis sauritus, spotted ribbonsnake
Hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731) Vol. 2 by Mark Catesby. Entitled The Spotted Ribbon-Snake

Masticophis flagellum, coachwhip snake
Hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731) Vol. 2 by Mark Catesby. Entitled The Coach-Whip Snake

Crotalus sp. black viper
Hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731) Vol. 2 by Mark Catesby. Entitled The Black Viper

Storeria sp. brown snake
Hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731) Vol. 2 by Mark Catesby. Entitled Little Brown Bead Snake

Tangara chilensis, paradise tanager and snake
Hand coloured engraving, by George Edwards (1694- 1773), 1759. Paper size: 285 x 120 mm. Original artwork held by the Natural History Museum

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BRUNI, Fyodor (1800-1875). The copper snake. 19th c. Classicism.; Romanticism. Oil on canvas. RUSSIA. Saint Petersburg. State Russian Museum

COLOMBIA. HUILA. San Agust�Alto de los Idolos
COLOMBIA. HUILA. San Agust� Alto de los Idolos. Figure of eagle and snake, of the pre-Colmbian culture of San Agust� (4th c. BC). Pre-Columbian art. Sculpture

TURKEY. G�e. Snake Church (Yilanli Kilise)
TURKEY. G� e. Snake Church (Yilanli Kilise). Depiction of Saint George with the dragon, 10th-12th c. Detail. UNESCO Worlds Heritage. Romanesque art. Fresco

Krisna rescues Braia village from a fire in the
" Krisna rescues Braia village from a fire in the woods, after having tamed snake Kaliya. Illustration from " Bhagavata Purana", 18th century. Hindu art. Miniature Painting."

near Goldfield - Nevada
Near Goldfield - Nevada - Joshua tree. We walked over to some through rattle snake area but saw and heard none. Date: 1952

Serpent protecting its eggs

Porcupine and Snakes
An encounter between a porcupine and some snakes; neither seems to care for the other very much... 1810

Bamboo snake. Print shows a woman and a man looking at a toy snake made out of bamboo. Date 1797

Snake chasing Mount Fuji. Print shows a thatched-roof dwelling next to a large tree with mountains in the background. Date ca. 1836

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

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