- Alternate Title
- Dancing snakes and musicians
- Abstract
- Illustration of a cobra de capello, or hooded snake, surrounded by several musicians. To the right, two men sit under an umbrella in front of an ox and a man holding a basket on his head. Engraved from a drawing by Baron de Montalembert when aid-du-camp to General Sir John Cradock in India.
- Contributor
- Wageman, Thomas Charles, approximately 1787-1863 (Engraver), Montalembert, Jean Charles, baron de (Artist), Forbes, James, 1749-1819 (Contributor), White, Cochrane & Co. (Publisher)
- Department
- Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections
- Dimensions
- sheet 30 x 24 cm
- Last Modified
- 2025-10-27T16:43:15.749971Z
- Materials
- 1 print : engraving
- Notes
- from a drawing taken on the spot by Baron de Montalembert, 1807 ; engraved by T. Wageman. (Statement of Responsibility), Title from caption. (Local Note)
- Provenance
- Library copy from the library of Donald K. Adams and Lawrence D. Stewart
- Related Material
- Plate 8 in: Oriental memoirs / James Forbes. London : White, Cochrane, and Co., 1813.
- Rights Statement
- No Copyright - United States
- Series
- Donald K. Adams and Lawrence D. Stewart Collection of Prints--Forbes, James, 1749-1819. Oriental memoirs
- Technique
- engraving (printing process)