Indian cobra Gerard Murphy a London bus from around

a London bus from around 1914

View of no 11 St Andrew's Hill and the Green Dragon Inn with a cart of barrels

caused by a fire on the night of April 11th

as his - 25th - assistant Peri

September 1965

Indian cobra Gerard Murphy a London bus from aroundHead study of an Indian cobra ('Naja tripudians'), including variant name 'Bans bunniah Keautiah' and details of specimen size. The reptile is noted as being drawn from life. A detail of this painting forms part of plate 3 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