Russell's viper
Date
1872
Creator
Annada Prasad Bagchi (1849 - 1905, Indian) , Artist
Creator - Organisation
M & N Hanhart, Lithographer
Object type
Library reference
38927
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (page): 455mm
width (page): 330mm
width (page): 330mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Herpetological study of a Russell’s viper, Daboia russellii, here referred to as the same. Full body depicted with head in left profile and two sketched details showing scalation on the head and body.
Inscribed: ‘DABOIA RUSSELLI. From Life. Plate 11./ Length 3’8”. Circum 5”/ Drawn by Annada Prasad Bagchi, Student. M & N HANHART CHROM LITH. Gov. Sch. Of Art Calcutta’.
Written in the associated description: ‘The Daboia or Russell’s Viper is called by the natives about Calcutta “Uloo Bora” from the uloo grass in which it is often found […] It is common in Bengal, and is frequently caught in the Botanic Gardens near Calcutta. It is common in the south of India, Ceylon and Burmah.’
Plate 11 from Joseph Fayrer’s 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 (London, 1872). A study of various Indian snake species and how to treat their bites. Complete with colour illustrations to aid classification and identification created by students of the Kolkata School of Art. Published by the colonial government.
Annada Prasad Bagchi (1849-1905), Indian artist, co-founder of the Kolkata Art Studio in 1878.
Sir Joseph Fayrer, first baronet, (1824-1907), surgeon and author, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1877. Fayrer worked in colonial India between 1850 and 1872 and is best known for The Thanatophidia of India.
Inscribed: ‘DABOIA RUSSELLI. From Life. Plate 11./ Length 3’8”. Circum 5”/ Drawn by Annada Prasad Bagchi, Student. M & N HANHART CHROM LITH. Gov. Sch. Of Art Calcutta’.
Written in the associated description: ‘The Daboia or Russell’s Viper is called by the natives about Calcutta “Uloo Bora” from the uloo grass in which it is often found […] It is common in Bengal, and is frequently caught in the Botanic Gardens near Calcutta. It is common in the south of India, Ceylon and Burmah.’
Plate 11 from Joseph Fayrer’s 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 (London, 1872). A study of various Indian snake species and how to treat their bites. Complete with colour illustrations to aid classification and identification created by students of the Kolkata School of Art. Published by the colonial government.
Annada Prasad Bagchi (1849-1905), Indian artist, co-founder of the Kolkata Art Studio in 1878.
Sir Joseph Fayrer, first baronet, (1824-1907), surgeon and author, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1877. Fayrer worked in colonial India between 1850 and 1872 and is best known for The Thanatophidia of India.
Object history
This volume was presented to the Royal Society on 27 July 1872 with an accompanying letter from the author [‘May I beg the Royal Society’s acceptance of a copy of my work on the Poisonous Snakes of India’].
Related fellows
Joseph Fayrer (1824 - 1907, British) , Surgeon
Associated place