The Bedford children: 'St George and the Dragon' (after Sir Joshua Reynolds)
Valentine Green, ARA (Salford 1739 – London 1813)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1775
Materials
Glass, Ink, Paper, Wood
Measurements
610 x 547 mm
Order this imageCollection
Osterley Park and House, London
NT 771717
Summary
Print, mezzotint engraving, The Bedford Children: 'St George and the Dragon' (after Sir Joshua Reynolds) by Valentine Green ARA (Salford 1739 – London 1813). Francis Russell, 5th Duke of Bedford (1765 – 1802) as St George, John Russell, later 6th Duke of Bedford (1766-1839) as an attendant, Lord William Russell (1767-1840) crouching in the corner and Caroline Vernon, Mrs Robert Percy Smith (b.1762) as the Princess.
Provenance
Purchased by Alistair Lang from the Grosvenor Print Room 1996. The print relates to a painting once in the Child-Villiers colelction, now destroyed.
Marks and inscriptions
At the base [?in ink] 'Pinted by Sir J. Reynolds' and 'Engraved by V. Green'
Makers and roles
Valentine Green, ARA (Salford 1739 – London 1813), engraver (printmaker) after Sir Joshua Reynolds PRA (Plympton 1723 - London 1792), artist