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  • Parasites: a parasitical worm, shown much enlarged, with its hosts. Gouache painting by J. Svoboda after L.W. Sambon.
  • A medicine vendor selling antidotes to snake poison. Etching by G.M. Mitelli.
  • A conjurer casting spells with his wand and fire surrounded by a kneeling man and demons within the magic circle. Engraving by J. Brown after W.M. Craig, 1813.
  • A snake, a Cucumis plant and two birds. Engraving.
  • Snake, with dark brown diamond-shaped markings on its back and a beige underbelly. Watercolour, 1782.
  • The cow as mother of the world: with pictures of Hindu deities all over its body. Coloured lithograph.
  • Three snakes: a horned viper; a Madagascan langaha; a grass snake. Engraving, ca. 1778.
  • An eagle killing a snake with its talons. Engraving by F. Place, ca. 1690, after F. Barlow.
  • Snake, slender with red and yellow markings down back. Watercolour by Bhawani Das, 1782.
  • Fame proclaiming the virtues of the remedy Tabonuco Pectoral. Colour lithograph, ca. 1921.
  • Eve picks the apple from the tree as the serpent emerges. Etching by J.E. Ridinger after himself, c. 1750.
  • Rivers running in the wilderness, with serpents and fire between them; representing the stage of 'multiplication' in the alchemical process. Coloured etching after etching, ca. 17th century.
  • An Indian snake of the Boa genus, Horatta Pam. Engraving by W. Skelton, ca. 1796.
  • A hooded cobra in striking position. Coloured engraving, ca. 1792.
  • Eve receives the forbidden fruit from a serpent in the shape of a woman; the angel expels Adam and Eve from paradise. Engraving by A. Capellan, 1772, after Michelangelo.
  • Indian cobra, with 'spectacle' marking on hood. Watercolour by Bhawani Das, 1782.
  • Indian cobra, with 'spectacle' marking on hood. Watercolour, 1782.
  • Snake, pale yellow in colour, with dark green patches. Watercolour by Bhawani Das, 1783.
  • Moses points to the brazen serpent while his people carry their wounded towards it. Etching.
  • A red snake and a maroon snake entwined and glaring at each other. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1967.
  • Five snakes. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1969.
  • Snake anatomy: ventral view of snake with scales; ventral view of internal organs; view of open mouth. Engraving, ca. 1778.
  • A snake poised to bite; representing a mouthful of knowledge about AIDS through publications by the Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe. Colour lithograph by E. Hüskes, 1995.
  • Three goddesses dance around the Tree of Knowledge. Engraving by J. Payrau, 1901, after E. Burne-Jones.
  • Laocoön. Etching by Sisto Badalocchio, 1606.
  • The tree of intemperance, showing diseases and vices caused by alcohol. Coloured lithograph, 18--.
  • Shiva with his symbols riding Nandi. Gouache drawing.
  • Eight snakes, including a reticulated python, a slow worm, a thirst snake, a Russell's viper and a mythical two-headed serpent. Engraving, ca. 1778.
  • Saint Paul, shipwrecked on Malta, is attacked by a snake which he shakes off into a fire; it does not harm him and the onlookers take him for a god. Etching after J. Thornhill.
  • Parasites: a parasitical worm, shown much enlarged, with its hosts. Gouache painting by J. Svoboda after L.W. Sambon.