Indian cobra fighters 7th September 1964

7th September 1964

View of Fitzroy Square's east side

including that of the Lord Mayor of London

She is now a countess and a mother but she is neglecting her child

Dixon and Denny won the race on this Douglas machine

Indian cobra fighters 7th September 1964Full 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