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St. George & the dragon
Title
St. George & the dragon [graphic].
Publication
[London] : Pubd. June 13th, 1782, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street, [13 June 1782]
Physical Description
1 print : etching, hand-colored ; plate mark 24.7 x 35.1 cm, on sheet 27 x 37 cm
Notes
Title from item.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Provenance
From a collection in twelve volumes probably compiled by Francis Harvey and sold at auction, Sotheby, London, June 1900. Bequest of Hugh Dudley Auchincloss to Yale University Library, 1981. Bound by Riviere & Son in three-quarters red morocco with gold tooling and gold lettering on spine.
Summary
Admiral Rodney is depicted vigorously attacking a large dragon which clutches his leg. The dragon's wings are decorated with fleur-de-lys and it breathes fire and frogs (alluding to Rodney's 1782 victory over the French fleet, a triumph which was not well-received by the Ministry). On the left Charles James Fox attempts to stay Rodney, offering him a baron's coronet and saying "... you have done enough, I will now make a Lord of you, and you shall have the happiness of never being heard of again."
Variant and related titles
Saint George and the dragon
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 25, 2005
References
Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 5, no. 6001
Wright, T. Works of James Gillray, the caricaturist, p. 36
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Satires (Visual works) - England - 1782.
Etchings - England - London - 1782.
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