Snakes Gallery

The god Thor and goddess Nehalennia

Germanic or Norse deities: the god Thor and goddess Nehalennia. Labeled with their interpretatio romana translations Hercules Magusanus and Massom Salus (Massonius Laetus). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Antonio Verico from Giulio Ferrario's Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Il Costume Antico e Moderno, Florence, 1844

© Florilegius

Snake's head fritillary, hummingbird fuchsia and seaweeds

Snake's head fritillary, Fritillaria meleagris 1, hummingbird fuchsia, Fuchsia magellanica 2, toothed wrack, Fucus serratus 3 and Fucus siliqueux 4. Fritillaire, Fuchsie, Fucus. Handcoloured steel engraving by Pedretti after an illustration by A. Carie Baron from Felix-Edouard Guerin-Meneville's Dictionnaire Pittoresque d'Histoire Naturelle (Picturesque Dictionary of Natural History), Paris, 1834-39. Snake's head fritillary, Fritillaria meleagris 1, hummingbird fuchsia, Fuchsia magellanica 2, toothed wrack, Fucus serratus 3 and Fucus siliqueux 4. Fritillaire, Fuchsie, Fucus. Handcoloured steel engraving by Pedretti after an illustration by A. Carie Baron from Felix-Edouard Guerin-Meneville's Dictionnaire Pittoresque d'Histoire Naturelle (Picturesque Dictionary of Natural History), Paris, 1834-39. Date:

© Florilegius/Mary Evans

Sea Serpents

Two explanations for the sighting of sea serpents: the first, a school of porpoises; the second, the tentacles of a giant squid. Lastly, the artist offers an impression of what a real life sea serpent might look like.
1927

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans

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