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  • The heads and upper palates with fangs of two snakes. Engraving, ca. 1796.
  • A salesman in Rome with a snake selling amulets as antidotes or prophylactics against snake-bite to a crowd of people. Etching by B. Pinelli, 1821.
  • Snake, grey-green in colour. Watercolour by Bhawani Das, 1782.
  • A parody astrological diagram showing opposing aspects of the life of settlers in Jamaica: langorous noons and the hells of yellow fever. Coloured aquatint after A.James, 1800.
  • Two roundels: above, a man supported by his wife and children prays before an altar of Aesculapius; below, a garland of medicinal plants, and angels representing pharmacy and botany. Coloured engraving by P. Lenormand, ca. 1830, partly after N. Guérin.
  • Carpentry: a lathe, with an assortment of tools and a snake (above). Engraving after L.J. Goussier.
  • Moses with his rod and his brazen serpent. Engraving by J. Hall, 1793, after B. West.
  • Snake. Etching, 18--?.
  • An Indian snake, Bodroo Pam. Coloured engraving by W. Skelton, ca. 1796.
  • Snake charmer with wife holding the snake. Gouache drawing.
  • Shiva trampling on animal sages accompanied by deer, during Daksha's sacrifice, Parvati stands to one side. Chromolithograph.
  • An Indian snake: Bodroo Pam. Engraving by Skelton, ca. 1796.
  • Punishments of Hell. Chromolithograph.
  • Snake, slender with red and yellow markings down back. Watercolour by Bhawani Das, 1782.
  • Two snakes: a rattlesnake and a boa. Engraving, ca. 1778.
  • A design for a pharmacy label with snakes, an alligator, symbols and urns. Pen drawing.
  • An Indian snake: Pedda Poda. Engraving by W. Skelton, ca. 1796.
  • Fame proclaiming the virtues of the remedy Tabonuco Pectoral. Colour lithograph, ca. 1921.
  • Ricerche fisiche sopra il veleno della vipera / di Felice Fontana.
  • Indian cobra, with 'spectacle' marking on hood. Watercolour, 1782.
  • Saint Patrick banishing reptiles from Ireland. Coloured woodcut (?).
  • An Indian snake: Jeri Potoo. Engraving by W. Skelton, ca. 1796.
  • An Indian snake: Katla Tutta. Engraving by W. Skelton, ca. 1796.
  • The head and expanded neck of Nagoo, an Indian snake. Engraving by W. Skelton, ca. 1796.
  • Adam and Eve with the serpent and other animals in the garden of Eden. Engraving by C.J. Visscher after N. de Bruyn.
  • An itinerant medicine vendor, draped with live snakes, sells his wares from a stage to an enthusiastic audience. Line engraving by D. Ghisi after G. Romano.
  • An Indian snake charmer squatting down playing his pipe, with two cobras in a basket in front of him, in a studio setting. Photograph, ca.1900.
  • Moses points to the brazen serpent while his people writhe on the ground, besieged by fiery serpents. Etching by G. Cooke, 1816, after C. le Brun.
  • Snake, slender and greyish in colour, with white spotted markings. Watercolour by Bhawani Das, 1782.
  • Thieves being tortured by snakes in the 8th circle of Hell, watched by Dante and Virgil. Etching by B. Pinelli, 1825.