Russell's viper Product:Postcard The Rolling Stones backstage stage

The Rolling Stones backstage stage at The Palace Theatre

George IV and Queen Caroline are tied back to back

A view of Saints Bay on the island of Guernsey

' James Challis was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1848

Russell's viper Product:Postcard The Rolling Stones backstage stageFull body study of a Russell's viper ('Daboia russellii') with two head studies, includes details of specimen size. The reptile is noted as being drawn from life. This painting forms plate 11 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 Churchill, London, 1872.