Drawings

Saint George and the Dragon

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Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1860-1932
Accession number: 2000.5.1652
Makers: John Henry Dearle(Opens in new tab) (British, 1860–1932); Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940)
Dimensions: 45 1/8 × 27 1/4 in. (114.6 × 69.2 cm.)
Medium: graphite, charcoal and watercolor on paper
Description: St. George at left in decorated armor, holding sword in right hand, throat of dragon in left hand. Dragon's tail wrapped around St. George, its belly exposed, with the saint's sword poised to stab it. Trees in background. Scroll across base reads: "RECTE VIM VINCET"
Credit: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Department: European Art
Find out more: View in the Art Museum catalog(Opens in new tab)

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