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St. George and the dragon a design for an equestrian statue, from the original in Windsor-Castle
Title
St. George and the dragon [graphic] : a design for an equestrian statue, from the original in Windsor-Castle / drawn by an amateur ; etched by Js. Gillray.
Publication
[London] : Publish'd August 2d, 1805, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street, [2 August 1805]
Physical Description
1 print : etching with aquatint ; plate mark 39.5 x 40 cm, on sheet 42 x 43 cm
Medium
wove paper
Notes
Title etched below image.
Artist identified as Lt.-Col. Thomas Richmond Gale Braddyll in the 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
"In the manner of history painting rather than caricature. ... George III as St. George, in uniform, holds up his sword, about to give a final blow to a scaly dragon with the head of Napoleon. The long convolutions of the dragon are under the horse's feet: Napoleon's head, with a barbed fang and flames issuing from the mouth, looks up despairingly. A sword-cut has gashed his skull, and cut his crown in two. The dragon has large wings and the legs and talons of a beast of prey; it falls backwards: Britannia (left) will just escape being crushed."--British Museum online catalogue.
Variant and related titles
Saint George and the dragon
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 21, 2011
References
Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 8, no. 10424
Wright, T. Works of James Gillray, the caricaturist, p. 322
Wright, T. Historical and descriptive account of the caricatures by James Gillray, no. 300
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Satires (Visual works) - England - 1805.
Etchings - England - London - 1805.
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