"Lady with a snake"

Previous title, replaced January 2025: A woman with a grey face holding a snake. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1969. / Curved lines forming a mesh. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1969.

On the front, painting of a woman in grey with green eyes, wearing a pink and purple patterned and holding a snake. On the reverse, intersecting rounded lines in purple. Creator's name, subject, interpretation and the date of creation are inscribed on the reverse, probably by Edward Adamson.

2 October 1969

1 painting watercolour and pencil on paper

Prior to Wellcome Collection, this work was stored in a folder on 1st floor, Reay House, Lambeth Hospital.

The title has been taken from wording on the object.