Pit viper[?] Corporation of Windsor hats raised to the King

hats raised to the King

by Antoine CÚsar Becquerel (Paris

Penton Street

Bird identified by Catesby as 'Accipiter palumbarius'

Parlour of the Queen's Head Inn

Pit viper[?] Corporation of Windsor hats raised to the KingFull body study of a pit viper [?] ('Trimeresurus carinatus') with two head studies and one body detail showing scalation, includes details of specimen size and a note 'Specimen in Indian Museum'. This painting forms plate 13 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 &