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RefNoMS/628/26
LevelItem
TitlePainting, "Platurus fischeri" [Common sea krait], by Behari lal Dass
Date[1872]
DescriptionPlate 19 of Joseph Fayrer's "Thanatophidia of India..." Full body painting of the snake with two head details and upper and lower body scalation details. Title information above painting with size and a note "From Nature." Pencil annotation "Plate 27" upper left. Inscribed below "Drawn by Behary lall Das, Student. Govt. Sch: of Art. Calcutta."
Extent1 item
FormatWatercolour
PhysicalDescriptionOn paper, mounted on board.
Dimensions414x268mm.
AccessStatusOpen
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