‘Hydrophis stuartii’ and Shaw’s sea snake
Date
1872
Creator
Creator - Organisation
M & N Hanhart, Lithographer
Object type
Library reference
38927
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (page): 330mm
width (page): 455mm
width (page): 455mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Herpetological study of two snake species: left as viewed, a sea snake specimen of the Hydrophis genus, referred to here as Hydrophis stuartii (Anderson), and right, a Shaw’s sea snake specimen, Hydrophis curtus, here referred to as Hydrophis curta. Each showing full body with details of scalation.
Inscribed: ‘HYDROPHIS STUARTII (ANDERSON)./ FROM NATURE POOREE ORISSA/ Length including tail 2’11”/ of the tail 3”/ Girth of the body 3 ½”/ neck 1 ¾”/ Drawn by Annoda Prosad Bagchee Studt. [Left as viewed]/ Plate 24./ HYDROPHIS CURTA/ SPECIMEN IN INDIAN MUSEUM/ Length 1’4 ½” Circum 2”/ Drawn by Hurrish Chunder Khan Studt. [Right]/ Govt School of Art Calcutta/ M & N HANHART CHROMOLITH’.
Plate 24 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; Hurrish Chunder Khan, student at the Government School of Art, Kolkata.
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: ‘HYDROPHIS STUARTII (ANDERSON)./ FROM NATURE POOREE ORISSA/ Length including tail 2’11”/ of the tail 3”/ Girth of the body 3 ½”/ neck 1 ¾”/ Drawn by Annoda Prosad Bagchee Studt. [Left as viewed]/ Plate 24./ HYDROPHIS CURTA/ SPECIMEN IN INDIAN MUSEUM/ Length 1’4 ½” Circum 2”/ Drawn by Hurrish Chunder Khan Studt. [Right]/ Govt School of Art Calcutta/ M & N HANHART CHROMOLITH’.
Plate 24 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; Hurrish Chunder Khan, student at the Government School of Art, Kolkata.
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
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