Caption

A samporea or snake catcher in India, authentic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th-century model, exact date of depiction unknown, historical, elderly men sitting in an archway with a snake in a basket

Date

Jan 30, 2026

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Sunny Celeste

Reference

BRK26B56_082

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

38.3Mb (7.2Mb) / 10.5in x 14.2in / 3136 x 4274 (300dpi)

Keywords

several deserted black date arch corridor hall pillar building history drawing accurate man ethnic group Snake wild animal animal India Asia native origin sit illustration depiction round tradition Reptile Indian Asian typical traditional digital historic male group basket human meeting old restored drawn tribe ethnology person authentic woodcut restoration ethnologic former ethnic Lepidosauria arcade Scaled reptile senior Asian Ethnicity Indian Ethnicity vintage round arch indigenous people sketch travel photography portico natural environment replication tribesman aboriginal 19th century Historic illustration senior man Vertebrate colouring tribes people bunch of no one passage column structure precise guy serpent animals in the wild native people descent representation custom Asiatic characteristic historical humanity gathering tribal elder Human being indigenous real xylograph reconstruction ethnological ethnical archway senior citizen pillar hall habitat tribal man nineteenth century Historical illustration elderly man multiple No People walkway construction exact Wildlife assembly aged People local realistic woodprint ethnicity columned hall natural habitat reproduction 1900s nobody aisle genuine colonade replica uninhabited colonnade copy empty pillared dates arches corridors halls pillars buildings drawings men ethnic groups Snakes wild animals animals natives origins sitting illustrations depictions traditions Reptiles digitally males groups baskets meetings tribes older ethnologies persons woodcuts restorations formerly arcades Scaled reptiles seniors round arches indigenous peoples Asians porticoes natural environments tribesmen aboriginals 19th-century Historic illustrations senior men passages columns guys serpents customs historically elderly reconstructions archways senior citizens pillar halls tribal men Historical illustrations elderly men tribals constructions locals replicas on black Walk men's man's sits seated perched depicting traditionally historical image history image history images oldest individual individuals restoration work vintage-styled round arched representing humans