Figure With Snake

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Printing plate etched with drawing by Mervyn Peake of oriental figure wearing a loin cloth and a pointed hat kneeling next to a snake wearing a crown. This image was published in Poems and Drawings by Mervyn Peake (London: Keepsake Press, 1965). Block inscribed 'Peake'. The image is dated 1956 but it is unclear whether the printing plate is contemporaneous.

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Dimensions: 192mm x 142mm x 22mm

Archive Record|Table of contents

Mervyn Peake ArchiveAdd MS 88931

ProseAdd MS 88931/1

PoetryAdd MS 88931/2

PlaysAdd MS 88931/3

DramatisationsAdd MS 88931/4

Ideas for TelevisionAdd MS 88931/5

Notes and Research Material for AutobiographyAdd MS 88931/6

Sketchbook: 'Roehampton 1965'Add MS 88931/8

Waddington Galleries ExhibitionsAdd MS 88931/9

Texts for Illustration by Mervyn PeakeAdd MS 88931/10

Letters to Mervyn PeakeAdd MS 88931/11

Published ItemsAdd MS 88931/12

Papers of Maeve Gilmore and the Mervyn Peake EstateAdd MS 88931/13

A World AwayAdd MS 88931/13/1

Titus AwakesAdd MS 88931/13/2

Letters to Maeve GilmoreAdd MS 88931/13/3

Curatorial and Editorial Notes by Maeve GilmoreAdd MS 88931/13/4

ProofsAdd MS 88931/13/5

Printing PlatesAdd MS 88931/13/6

Ride a Cock-Horse: Title IllustrationAdd MS 88931/13/6/1

Ride a Cock-Horse: Mother and ChildAdd MS 88931/13/6/2

Ride a Cock-Horse: Type for 'I Had a Little Nut Tree'Add MS 88931/13/6/3

Ride a Cock-Horse: Image for 'I Had a Little Nut Tree'Add MS 88931/13/6/4

Ride a Cock-Horse: 'How Many Miles to Babylon?'Add MS 88931/13/6/5

The Hunting of the Snark: Title Page BorderAdd MS 88931/13/6/6

Alice: Border IllustrationAdd MS 88931/13/6/7

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: White RabbitAdd MS 88931/13/6/8

Through the Looking Glass: Alice in the Soup TureenAdd MS 88931/13/6/9

Household Tales: 'Our Lady's Child'Add MS 88931/13/6/10

Household Tales: 'The Singing, Soaring Lark'Add MS 88931/13/6/11

Treasure Island: 'My Shore Adventure'Add MS 88931/13/6/12

Extracts From the Poems of Oscar Wilde: 'Madonna Mia'Add MS 88931/13/6/13

'Gormenghast' Manuscript: Barquentine and SteerpikeAdd MS 88931/13/6/14

Figure Wearing Pointed Hat Holding SwordAdd MS 88931/13/6/15

Figure Wearing Pointed Hat Holding BirdAdd MS 88931/13/6/16

Figure Wearing Bobble Hat Holding Mirror or FrameAdd MS 88931/13/6/17

Figure With SnakeAdd MS 88931/13/6/18

'Harlequin Phoenix': FrontispieceAdd MS 88931/13/6/19

Human-Animal Hybrids (large)Add MS 88931/13/6/20

Human-Animal Hybrids (small)Add MS 88931/13/6/21

Dog Jumping up at ManAdd MS 88931/13/6/22

Triptych: Two Cats and a Head With HornsAdd MS 88931/13/6/23

Nude Boy Holding BranchAdd MS 88931/13/6/24

BabyAdd MS 88931/13/6/25

'Route From St James's to 57 Camden Park Road'Add MS 88931/13/6/26

Reproductions of Drawings and PaintingsAdd MS 88931/13/7

Copies of Article and Talk by Mervyn PeakeAdd MS 88931/13/8

Cuttings From Newspapers and JournalsAdd MS 88931/13/9

PublicationsAdd MS 88931/13/10

Sale CataloguesAdd MS 88931/13/11

Peake Family Greetings CardsAdd MS 88931/13/12

Maeve Gilmore's SketchbooksAdd MS 88931/13/13

Passports and Identity CardsAdd MS 88931/13/14

Adaptations and Dramatisations by OthersAdd MS 88931/13/15

ScoresAdd MS 88931/13/16

AbridgementsAdd MS 88931/13/17

Recollections of Mervyn Peake by OthersAdd MS 88931/13/18

Letters to Sebastian PeakeAdd MS 88931/13/19