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Title
Cobra and stone image, India, 17th century
Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection

Snakes -- Cobra

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1667
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC SNAKE-Cob
Topics
Cobras
Snake hunting
Genres
Prints
Notes
Content: Printed on border: "Forma Lapidis & quantites vera ; Serpens Capillatus, Lufitanis Cobra de Cabelo." Includes additional text in Latin
Source note: China monumentis, qua sacris qua profanis, nec non variis naturae artis spectaculis, aliarumque rerum memorabilium argumentis illustrata. (Amstelodami : Apud Jacobum a Meurs, 1667) Kircher, Athansius (1602-1680), Author.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 print : b ; 28 x 29 cm. (11 x 11 in.)
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b17248048
Barcode: 33333159442850
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): c20aa350-c563-012f-a64f-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1667: Issued
  • 2014: Digitized
  • 2026: Found by you!
  • 2027

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Cobra and stone image, India, 17th century" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1667. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-2335-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Cobra and stone image, India, 17th century" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed September 27, 2026. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-2335-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1667). Cobra and stone image, India, 17th century Retrieved from https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-2335-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Wikipedia Citation

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Cobra and stone image, India, 17th century