Indian cobra Size:Large: 7 x 5in or plates of rare fishes

or plates of rare fishes by John Richardson (London

Tom Rakewell and a companion consorting with harlots in a tavern

wearing armour and a crown on top of a helmet

'The Old Woman of Threadneedle Street'

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II arriving at Albert Pier in Jersey on her royal visit to the Channel Islands with her husband Prince Philip

Indian cobra Size:Large: 7 x 5in or plates of rare fishesDual study of Indian cobra heads ('Naja tripudians'), including variant names 'Gerribhanga Keautiah' and 'Tentuliah Kurrees Keautiah'. The reptiles are noted as being drawn from life. This painting forms plate 5 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 Churchill,