<i>The Queen of Serpents</i> — There came up to him a serpent as big as a mule, bearing on its back a tray of gold, wherein lay another serpent which shone like crystal and whose face was as that of a woman and who spake with human speech.
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Albert_Letchford" class="extiw" title="w:en:Albert Letchford"><span title="British painter">Albert Letchford</span></a>
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1897
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