St. George slaying the Dragon with Princess Sabra tied to a tree

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Artist/Maker	Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co. (makers) Dante Gabriel Rossetti (artist)
Place of origin	Great Britain (made)

Tracing of cartoon for stained glass depicting St. George slaying the Dragon with Princess Sabra tied to a tree. Inscribed in pencil on the back 'Swinburne's Portrait'.

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Categories	Drawings Designs Stained Glass
Object type	Stained glass design
Titles	St. George slaying the Dragon with Princess Sabra tied to a tree (assigned by artist) The Story of St.George and the Dragon (series title)
Materials and techniques	Brush and ink, tracing paper, drawing Brush and Ink Tracing Paper Brush-Work Drawing
Brief description	Tracing of cartoon for stained glass by Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882), entitled 'St. George slaying the Dragon with Princess Sabra tied to a tree' from 'The Story of St. George and the Dragon'. Great Britain, 1861-1864.
Physical description	Tracing of cartoon for stained glass depicting St. George slaying the Dragon with Princess Sabra tied to a tree. Inscribed in pencil on the back 'Swinburne's Portrait'.
Dimensions	Average size height: 19.5in Width: 23in Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Engraving Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1946. London: Published under the Authority of the Ministry of Education, 1949.
Marks and inscriptions	Lettered on the back 'Swinburne's Portrait'.
Object history	Purchased from Thomas Keynes in 1946. This object is not the original design, as the original drawings are in the collections of Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery. This is a tracing, possibly done in around 1864 (the mounting paper watermark gives this date for two of the set of six designs). In addition, it is unclear whether the work is by or after Dante Gabriel Rossetti. The final stained glass of this design is in the V&A Collection. Museum nos. C.316-1927; C.315-1927; C.318-1927; C.319-1927; C.320-1927; C.317-1927.
Subjects depicted	Dragon Tree Myth St. George
Associated objects	C.315-1927 (Design) C.316-1927 (Design) C.317-1927 (Design) C.318-1927 (Design) C.319-1927 (Design) C.320-1927 (Design) E.1840-1946 (Design) E.1841-1946 (Design) E.1842-1946 (Design) E.1843-1946 (Design)
Bibliographic references	Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Engraving Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1946. London: Published under the Authority of the Ministry of Education, 1949. Page 136 (with image) Laurie Marty de Cambiaire, Drawings & Sketches, (Paris: Marty de Cambiaire, 2015)
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.1842-1946

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O606229/st-george-slaying-the-dragon-stained-glass-design-dante-gabriel-rossetti/

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