Indian cobra fighters View of Fitzroy Square's east

View of Fitzroy Square's east side

23rd July 1976

Mr Gladstone also held the office of Chancellor of the Exchequer

Original is oil on canvas 35

Botanical study of the 'Caprifolium' (honeysuckle)

Indian cobra fighters View of Fitzroy Square's eastFull body study of an Indian cobra ('Naja tripudians') on grass, including variant name 'Khoyah Gokurrah' and details of specimen size. The reptile is noted as being drawn from life. This painting forms part of plate 1 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