Watercolour on paper
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St George and Princess Sabra
Bequeathed by Beresford Rimington Heaton 1940
actions: expressive
actions: postures and motions
actions: processes and functions
adults
animals: fantastic
animals: features
architecture
blood
clothing and personal items
crowd
domestic
dragon
features
groups
halo
helmet
history
individuals: female
interior - non-specific
interiors
kissing
kneeling
knight
literature (not Shakespeare)
literature and fiction
man
named individuals
objects
people
Percy, T., ‘Reliques of Ancient English Poetry’
period: Middle Ages
politics and society
portraits
princess
religion and belief
royalty and social rank
Saints
Siddal, Elizabeth Eleanor
St George
standing
townscape, distant
townscapes / man-made features
universal religious imagery
washing / drying
window
woman
work and occupations
<p>This is one of a number of watercolours by Rossetti illustrating the legend of St George. Having killed the dragon, St George washes the blood from his hands in his upturned helmet. He watches through the window as a crowd carries the dragon's head in triumph. Typically, Rossetti makes the public celebration subordinate to the interaction between St George and Princess Sabra whose life he saved. In an intimate and disturbing scene, she kneels kissing his bloodied hands. Elizabeth Siddall, whom Rossetti had married in 1860, modelled for Princess Sabra, only days before taking an overdose of laudanum.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
paper unique watercolour
21 January 2002 – 21 September 2002
2002-09-21
21 January 2002 – 21 September 2002
2002-09-21
2002-01-21
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2002-01-21
Rossetti and Medievalism
Collection based display
12 July 2003 – 15 August 2004
2004-08-15
12 July 2003 – 28 September 2003
2003-09-28
2003-07-12
Art Gallery of Western Australia (Perth, Australia)
25 October 2003 – 15 February 2004
2004-02-15
2003-10-25
Dunedin Public Art Gallery (Dunedin, New Zealand)
http://www.dunedin.art.museum
14 May 2004 – 15 August 2004
2004-08-15
2004-05-14
Frist Center for the Visual Arts (Nashville, USA)
2003-07-12
The Pre-Raphaelite Dream: Paintings and Drawings from the Tate Collection
Tate partnerships & programmes
1 February 2020 – 6 November 2020
2020-11-06
1 February 2020 – 6 November 2020
2020-11-06
2020-02-01
Bowes Museum (Barnard Castle, UK)
http://www.bowesmuseum.org.uk
2020-02-01
Pre-Raphaelite Knights: Re inventing the medieval world in Victorian Britain
Loan-out
St George and Princess Sabra
support: 524 × 308 mm
frame: 732 × 517 × 32 mm
Bequeathed by Beresford Rimington Heaton 1940
<p>This is one of a number of <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/w/watercolour" title="Glossary definition for 'Watercolour'"><span>watercolours</span></a>  by Rossetti illustrating the legend of  St George. Having killed the dragon,  St George washes the blood from  his hands in his upturned helmet.  He watches through the window as  a crowd carries the dragon's head in triumph. Typically, Rossetti makes the public celebration subordinate to the interaction between St George and Princess Sabra whose life he saved.  In an intimate and disturbing scene,  she kneels kissing his bloodied hands. Elizabeth Siddall, whom Rossetti had married in 1860, modelled for Princess Sabra, only days before taking an overdose of laudanum. </p>
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2004-08-18T00:00:00
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actions: expressive actions: postures and motions actions: processes and functions adults animals: fantastic animals: features architecture blood clothing and personal items crowd domestic dragon features groups halo helmet history individuals: female interior - non-specific interiors kissing kneeling knight literature and fiction literature (not Shakespeare) man named individuals objects people Percy, T., ‘Reliques of Ancient English Poetry’ period: Middle Ages politics and society portraits princess religion and belief royalty and social rank Saints Siddal, Elizabeth Eleanor standing St George townscape, distant townscapes / man-made features universal religious imagery washing / drying window woman work and occupations