Image Gallery: Ethel King's Drawings for Snakes of Australia

A small selection of the 137 watercolours of Australian snakes done by artist Ethel King for Museum scientist Roy Kinghorn's Snakes of Australia, first published in 1929.

Watercolour of a Children's Python Watercolour of a Children's Python
Watercolour of a Black-headed Python Watercolour of a Black-headed Python
Watercolour of a Keelback Snake Watercolour of a Keelback Snake
Watercolour of a Spotted Water Snake Watercolour of a Spotted Water Snake
Watercolour of a Richardson's Mangrove Snake Watercolour of a Richardson's Mangrove Snake
Watercolour of a Brown Tree Snake Watercolour of a Brown Tree Snake
Watercolour of a Yellow-lipped Sea Krait Watercolour of a Yellow-lipped Sea Krait
Watercolour of a Turtle-headed Sea Snake Watercolour of a Turtle-headed Sea Snake
Watercolour of a Golden-crowned Snake Watercolour of a Golden-crowned Snake
Watercolour of an Olive Whip Snake Watercolour of an Olive Whip Snake
Watercolour of a Reticulated Whip Snake Watercolour of a Reticulated Whip Snake
Watercolour of a Common Death Adder Watercolour of a Common Death Adder
Watercolour of a Rosen's Snake Watercolour of a Rosen's Snake
Watercolour of a Black-striped Snake Watercolour of a Black-striped Snake
Watercolour of a Broad-headed Snake Watercolour of a Broad-headed Snake
Watercolour of a Bandy Bandy Snake Watercolour of a Bandy Bandy Snake
Watercolour of an Unidentified Snake Watercolour of an Unidentified Snake