St George and the Dragon
Category
Art / Prints
Date
Unknown
Materials
Paper, Gold, Metal, Wood, Glass
Measurements
260 x 240 mm
Order this imageCollection
Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1329795
Summary
Coloured cut out entitled 'St George and the Dragon'. Figure of St George on a horse killing the dragon, with raised gilded metal pieces used for studding around his outline and waist, bridle of his horse. and his armour. Silver metal sword, gold metal helmet with plume and lion, gold boots and gauntlets. Metal lion on cape and horse's medal. Dragon covered in sparkling quartz. In notebook no.5, page 10 (1340945.5) Charles Wade refers to: 'Lace Room no.81 Tinfoil Picture St. George & the Dragon'.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.
References
Wade, 1944: Charles Paget Wade, Contents of Snowshill Manor. Volume 5 Second Floor, 1944, Page 10