Photographs

Story of Saint George and the Dragon

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Type: Photographs(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1862
Accession number: 2000.5.2027
Makers: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940); Unknown, British(Opens in new tab) (British)
Designer: designed by Dante Gabriel Rossetti(Opens in new tab) (British, 1828–1882)
Dimensions: 3 3/8 x 4 1/2 in. (8.6 x 11.4 cm.) mount: 11 1/4 x 7 1/4 in. (28.6 x 18.4 cm.)
Medium: photograph
Description: In a balcony, a king with sceptre and orb, St. George in armor, holding hand of Princess, Queen at left touching shoulder of Princess. Below, two trumpeters either side of large platter containing sword and head of dragon.
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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