General
    General
    Object Auto ID
    73044
    Alternate Codes
    159910
    Common Name
    Watercolour
    Classified Name
    Quantity
    1.00
    Object Description

    The Parliament Collection:
    Yellowish-brown snake with thick brown stripes. Head at the top right and tail at the top left of the image. (Part of a collection, see 34340)Le Serpent Pofhadder. Serpent tre venimeux de l'Afrique.; The puff-adder. A very poisonous African snake.

    Provenance

    Purchased at Sotheby's, London in 1963

    Description
    Technique Types
    Distinguishing Features

    Animals [plates 71-118] snakes

    Measurement Type Unit Value
    Dimension Comments
    Unframed and mounted in a box; Image size (inside border) 392 x 225 mm
    History
    Object Age Comment
    [1785-1795, 1811]
    Maker Comment
    LE VAILLANT, Francois, 1753-1824. Reinold, Johann Lebrecht
    Collector Comment
    Watercolour on paper
    Date Retrieved Reference Types Citation
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