St. George & the dragon [graphic].

Description

Title: St. George & the dragon [graphic].
Alternative Title: Saint George and the dragon
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
Contributor: Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806--Caricatures and cartoons.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Rodney, George Brydges Rodney,--Baron,--1719-1792--Caricatures and cartoons.
Published / Created: 1782 June 13
Copyright Date: [13 June 1782]
Publication Place: [London]
Publisher: H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Abstract: 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."
Description: Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Extent: 1 print : etching, hand-colored ; plate mark 24.7 x 35.1 cm, on sheet 27 x 37 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Format: still image
Genre: Etchings--England--London--1782.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1782.
Subject (Name): Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806--Caricatures and cartoons.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Rodney, George Brydges Rodney,--Baron,--1719-1792--Caricatures and cartoons.
Subject (Topic): Admirals--British--18th century.
Clothing & dress--England--1780-1790.
Dragons.
Military uniforms--British--18th century.

Access: Public
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Citation: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 6001
Wright, T. Works of James Gillray, the caricaturist with the history of his life and times, p. 36