First Fleet artwork collection

Drawing of a snake with its head to the left and coiled towards the rear, against a plain background. The snake's upper parts are dark grey overlaid with a paler grey diamond-lattice pattern, inset with black glazed dots. It has a longitudinal stripe along its side of pink and white scales, and its underparts are cream overlaid with narrow black and brown bands.

• Port Jackson Painter]
• The drawing is unsigned and undated.
• The drawing is inscribed in brown ink at the bottom left corner with the number "77" on its side, and on the reverse "76". These refer to the pre-1984 numbering system for the Port Jackson Collection.
• The drawing is window mounted in cream paper.
• The author of this catalogue record is Suzanne Stenning.
• By permission of the trustees of the Natural History Museum (London).
• Two sets of transparencies held in the Natural History Museum (London) General Library and Picture Library: Picture Library order number 12639
• Sir Joseph Banks bequest 1827
• Data sheet available.