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  • [Undated handbill advertising "the Aïssaouas' snake and scorpion eaters" ].
  • An Indian snake charmer. Gouache painting by an Indian painter.
  • Five snakes of the cobra family, one a coral snake eating a lizard. Engraving, ca. 1778.
  • A salesman in Rome with a snake selling amulets as antidotes or prophylactics against snake-bite to a crowd of people.. Pen drawing by B. Pinelli, 1821.
  • An Indian snake: Pedda Poda. Engraving by W. Skelton, ca. 1796.
  • An Indian snake: Jeri Potoo. Engraving by W. Skelton, ca. 1796.
  • An Indian snake: Katla Tutta. Engraving by W. Skelton, ca. 1796.
  • An Indian snake: Neeli Koea. Engraving by W. Skelton, ca. 1796.
  • An Indian snake: Pedda Poda. Engraving by W. Skelton, ca. 1796.
  • An Indian snake: Nooni Paragoodoo. Engraving by W. Skelton, ca. 1796.
  • An Indian snake: Tar Tutta. Engraving by W. Skelton, ca. 1796.
  • An Indian snake: Karoo Bokadam. Engraving by W. Skelton, ca. 1796.
  • An Indian snake: Jara Potoo. Engraving by W. Skelton, ca. 1796.
  • A snake, slender and dark brown in colour. Watercolour, ca. 1795.
  • Green tree snake (Chondropython viridis), coiled around a tree. Photograph, 1900/1920.
  • Green tree snake (Chondropython viridis), coiled around a branch. Photograph, 1900/1920.
  • Green tree snake (Chondropython viridis), coiled around a tree. Photograph, 1900/1920.
  • Green tree snake (Chondropython viridis), coiled around a branch. Photograph, 1900/1920.
  • Green tree snake (Chondropython viridis), coiled around a tree. Photograph, 1900/1920.
  • A snake charmer. Gouache painting on mica, by an Indian artist.
  • Laocoön attacked by a sea snake. Engraving attributed to P. Lombard.
  • A laurel branch and a palm branch occupied by a snake and a dove; representing success when cunning (the snake) is allied to simplicity (the dove). Woodcut and letterpress, 1621.
  • A poisonous snake, Indian cobra: illustration shows 'spectacle' marking on the snake's hood and includes two details of the head and an outline drawing of the tail. Watercolour, ca. 1795.
  • Snake, green body, with cross-banded pattern on upper body. Watercolour, 1782.
  • Snake, green body, with cross-banded pattern on upper body. Watercolour, 1782.
  • An Indian snake, Bodroo Pam. Coloured engraving by W. Skelton, ca. 1796.
  • A snake in the grass. Etching by J. Heath after G. Shaw.
  • Green Tree Snake (Chondropython viridis): the head with open jaw. Photograph, 1900/1920.
  • Two skulls and a snake in a landscape. Aquatint by W. Arndt.
  • An Aesculapian serpent and rattle snake with sections of it's tail end. Engraving.