Two poisonous snakes (Indian cobras): four figures showing the snakes' hoods, seen from above and below, indicating the distinctive 'spectacle'and 'V-shaped' markings. Watercolour, ca. 1795.

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1795
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566843i
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Snakes of the Coromandel Coast, India.
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Two poisonous snakes (Indian cobras): four figures showing the snakes' hoods, seen from above and below, indicating the distinctive 'spectacle'and 'V-shaped' markings. Watercolour, ca. 1795. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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1795

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1 painting (album leaf 6) : watercolour ; sheet 46.2 x 32.9 cm

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Nagoo Lettering includes the name of the snake written in the Telugu language of South East India Bears number: VI

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Wellcome Collection 566843i

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