Snake fangs, teeth and skeletons
Date
1872
Creator
Unknown, 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
Anatomical study of the fangs, teeth and skeletons of various snake specimens, including Russell’s viper Daboia Russellii, Indian cobra, Naja naja, braided krait, Bungarus fasciatus, and Indian ratsnake, Ptyas mucosa.
Inscribed: ‘Plate 31/ A. Maxillary bone & Fangs of Daboia russellii/ B. “ Naja tripudians/ C. “ Bugarus fasciatus./ D. “ Ptyras mucosus/ A. Fang of Daboia./ D. Transverse section./ B. Fang of Naja tripudians./ E. Transverse section./ C. Fang of Hydrophus./ F. Tranverse section./ 1. Daboia russelli/ 2. Naja tripidians./ 3. Bungarus fasciatus./ 4.Ptyas mucosus. […]’
Plate 31 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.
Sir Joseph Fayrer, first baronet, (1824-1907), surgeon and author, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1877. Fayrer worked in India between 1850 and 1872 and is best known for The Thanatophidia of India.
Inscribed: ‘Plate 31/ A. Maxillary bone & Fangs of Daboia russellii/ B. “ Naja tripudians/ C. “ Bugarus fasciatus./ D. “ Ptyras mucosus/ A. Fang of Daboia./ D. Transverse section./ B. Fang of Naja tripudians./ E. Transverse section./ C. Fang of Hydrophus./ F. Tranverse section./ 1. Daboia russelli/ 2. Naja tripidians./ 3. Bungarus fasciatus./ 4.Ptyas mucosus. […]’
Plate 31 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.
Sir Joseph Fayrer, first baronet, (1824-1907), surgeon and author, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1877. Fayrer worked in 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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