Common krait Size:XS: 40 x 30cm Manager of The Beatles

Manager of The Beatles

With her beloved Prince Albert in the background

with people gathered around a barred window

View of the London Bridge Station

view from the River Thames

Common krait Size:XS: 40 x 30cm Manager of The BeatlesFull body study of a Common krait ('Bungaris coeruleus') with two head studies and one scalation detail, includes details of specimen size. The reptile is noted as being drawn from life. This painting forms part of plate 10 of 'The Thanatophidia of India: being a description of the venomous snakes of the Indian peninsula, with an account of the influence of their poison on life, and a series of experiments', by Sir Joseph Fayrer FRS (1824 1907), J & A