St George Series - Male Nude - Study of St George for 'St George slaying the Dragon'1865 – 1866 Accession number: 1904P82 Red chalk on cream-toned paper. Width: 248 mm Height: 329 mm InformationA study for the sixth painting in the series of seven canvases illustrating 'The Story of St George' for the dining room of the artist Myles Birket Foster, at Witley, Surrey.One of fifteen studies for this subject in Birmingham's collection. It differs from his position in the oil painting and the related gouache. There is also a faint study of an arm in the top left corner. The final painting is now in the collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney. A gouache version, omitting the Princess, is owned by William Morris Museum, Walthamstow.
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