1833
The Cobra’s Hood
FES Title: “The Cobra’s Hood.
Alternate Titles: The Cobra’s Hood (The waterspout swam up into the heaven like a gigantic serpent)
[1934]; The waterspout was dissolving again and now it swam up into the arch of Heaven like a gigantic Serpent. “The Cobra’s Hood,” he gasped. [1999]; The Cobra’s Head [2006]
Date: 05/29/1931
Size: 36″H x 30″W
Medium: oil-on-Linen-canvas
Type: illustration
Published: Holland, Rupert Sargent. Yankee Ships in Pirate Waters. Philadelphia: Macrae-Smith-Company, 1931: facing 312.
caption: The waterspout was dissolving again and now it swam up into the arch of Heaven like a gigantic Serpent….. “The Cobra’s Hood,” he gasped.

Holland, Rupert Sargent. Yankee Ships in Pirate Waters. Garden City, NY: Garden City Publishing Co., 1931: facing 312.
caption: The waterspout was dissolving again and now it swam up into the arch of Heaven like a gigantic Serpent….. “The Cobra’s Hood,” he gasped.

Free Library of Philadelphia. Howard Pyle and Illustrators of the Brandywine School. Philadelphia: Free Library of Philadelphia, 2006: 13.
caption: The Cobra’s Head

Inscription: lr: Frank E. Schoonover / ’31
Annotations:
Exhibitions: 1932 WSFA; 1934 Wesleyan; 1936 William Penn; 1999 Biggs; 2006 Federal Reserve

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Provenance: Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania