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  • Alcoholism as a monstrous boa constrictor which forces a man to drink from a bottle held in its jaws, and crushes him and his wife and children. Colour lithograph by M. Biro, 19--.
  • Six snakes of the cobra family, including a rhomboidal and diamondbacked species. Engraving, ca. 1778.
  • King Louis XIV receives an enema while sitting on a globe of the earth, thus besmearing it with ordure; around him, chaos reigns; symbolising the events following the Protestant rebellions of 1674 including the flight of the royal family from England in 1689. Engraving by R. de Hooghe, c. 1689.
  • God looks on unimpressed as Adam blames Eve for the transgression. Engraving by P.I. Drevet, c. 1720, after N. Coypel.
  • Moses presents his brazen serpent to the people. Woodcut after Robert Anning Bell, c. 1890.
  • Two species of rattlesnake and the rattle of one of them. Engraving, ca. 1778.
  • Snake in the spring grass : Neophryn with antihistamine.
  • Indian cobra, with 'monocle' marking on hood. Watercolour by Bhawani Das, 1782.
  • An Indian snake of the Boa genus, Gedi Paragoodoo. Coloured engraving by W. Skelton, ca. 1796.
  • A snake charmer with three snakes and attendant. Gouache drawing.
  • A woman with two serpents holding her finger to her lips; representing prudence. Etching, 16--.
  • Pilgrims with roses worship a snake shrine while a Brahmin priest and attendants pray during a snake festival. Gouache drawing.
  • Detailed diagrams of the upper palate and jaws of a snake. Engraving, ca. 1796.
  • Two snakes holding a book; surmounted by a crowned eagle. Engraving, 1702.
  • 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.
  • Two sea snakes with their tails in the air. Engraving by J. Barlow.
  • Six different pieces of sealed, precious medicinal earth known as 'terra sigillata'. Pen drawing.
  • Snake, boldly cross-banded. Watercolour by Bhawani Das.
  • Three large snakes in the gardens of the Zoological Sociey, Regent's Park. Wood engraving, ca. 1850.
  • Snake, green body, with cross-banded pattern on upper body. Watercolour, 1782.
  • 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 J. Fayrer.
  • The skin of a Coluber snake. Colour nature print, 1853.
  • A prize medal of the Medical Society of London; on the front is Queen Charlotte and on reverse is Hygieia with a serpent. Engraving by R.G. Reeve.
  • Medusa presiding over groups of satyrs who are gambling; representing gambling or gaming as a passion. Etching by J. Audran after C. Gillot.
  • An Indian snake: Neeli Koea. Engraving by W. Skelton, ca. 1796.
  • A snake with expanded neck. Coloured engraving, ca. 1791.
  • 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 Brazilian sassafras tree (Aniba species) and a Petunia plant in an exotic landscape with snakes, lizards and tribal people. Etching, c. 1671.
  • Two snakes of the boa family: a rat-eating snake and goat-eating snake. Engraving, ca. 1778.
  • Smooth snake coronalla austriaca austriaca family: Colubridae : Falapen tablets.