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Indian cobra, with 'monocle' marking on hood.

image courtesy of Wellcome Library, London | CC BY 4.0

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Wellcome Library

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https://wellcomecollection.org/works/kuudwvck

Description

Watercolour
Snake, cobra, 4ft. 4 1/2 ins. long
Inscription: Lettering includes name of artist and local name of snake in Arabic script.
In the collection of Lady Impey Calcutta ; Painted by [Bhawani Das], 1782 ; 4 Feet 4 1/2.

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CC BY 4.0

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image courtesy of Wellcome Library, London

Location

South Asia

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Reptiles

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TWW Comment

The Impey Album was a collection of paintings commissioned by Elijah Impey and his wife of the animals in their menagerie in Calcutta (now Kolkata), India.

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