Russell's viper Size:XL: 100 x 80cm and also the first all-British

and also the first all-British entry in a foreign road race

with a victory in the Argentinian Grand Prix

the nest of the goldfinch Carduelis carduelis containing a clutch of five eggs

'The Gladstone Pill'

Russell's viper Size:XL: 100 x 80cm and also the first all-BritishFull 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.