Banded krait Size:Standard: 6 x 4in was demolished in the 1840s

was demolished in the 1840s

a member of the King's Privy Council

Military figure wearing the uniform of the tenth regiment of Loyal London Volunteers

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 was demolished in the 1840sFull 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