St George and the Dragon - Princess Sabra Drawing the Lot1868 Accession number: 1904P494 Watercolour, with body colour, over ink on canvas (painted over the cartoon for the glass). Width: 627 mm Height: 497 mm InformationThis picture is the second of a series of six designs for stained glass executed between 1861-62 for Morris and Co., to illustrate the story of Saint George. This was the only design to afterwards be made into a watercolour (which was applied in 1868). The Princess Sabra, whom Saint George would later rescue from the dragon, is seen drawing the lot, marked with a death's head, which singles her out to be the dragon's next victim. For other designs in the series see 1904P241 and 1904P245. The picture has an uncertain provenance - it changed hands many times and once went to Australia - but came to the collection from Fairfax Murray.
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