St. George and the dragon a design for an equestrian statue, from the original in Windsor-Castle / [graphic]

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Title: St. George and the dragon a design for an equestrian statue, from the original in Windsor-Castle / [graphic]
Alternative Title: Saint George and the dragon
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Contributor: Braddyll, Thomas, 1776-1862, artist.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Published / Created: [2 August 1805]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publish'd August 2d, 1805, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Abstract: "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
Description: Title etched below image.
Artist identified as Lt.-Col. Thomas Richmond Gale Braddyll in the British Museum catalogue.
Mounted on modern secondary support.
Provenance: Alfred Bowditch Collection; Dec. 1966;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 39.5 x 40 cm, on sheet 42 x 43 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1805
Etchings England London 1805
Material: etching with aquatint ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
Subject (Topic): Britannia (Symbolic character)
Subjects: Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 > Caricatures and cartoons
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 > Caricatures and cartoons
Britannia (Symbolic character)
England > 1805
England > London > 1805
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

Access: Public
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