Banded krait Size:Standard: 6 x 4in Built in the 13th century

Built in the 13th century

Behind is Drury Lane Theatre with its statue of Apollo

Boats on the River Thames can also be seen in the foreground

is overtaken by one of the modern day Routemaster buses on Waterloo Bridge

Banded krait Size:Standard: 6 x 4in Built in the 13th centuryFull body study of a Banded krait ('Bungaris fasciatus') with two head studies and one banding detail to show scalation and patterning, includes details of specimen size. The reptile is noted as being drawn from life. This painting forms plate 9 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