Richard Cosway
St. George and the Dragon

ArtistEnglish, 1742–1821
CultureEnglish
Titles
  • St. George and the Dragon
Datec. 1815
MediumPen and brown ink, gray and brown wash, and graphite on two sheets of laid paper
DimensionsSheet: 12 1/2 × 10 1/4 in. (31.8 × 26 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by James C. Flores in honor of Randolph F. Allen, the Dragon Slayer, at "One Great Night in November, 2018"
Object number2018.166
Not on view

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Provenance[Possibly, London, Christie’s, “The Cosway Sale,” July 1-2, 1896]; [Lowell Libson & Jonny Yarker Ltd British Art], by 2017; purchased by the MFAH, 2018
Exhibition Historynone known for this drawing
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
None noted
Larger sheet: Partial watermark, bottom: Pro Patria: Similar to Heawood, E. (1969), Monumenta Chartae Papyraceae, I Watermarks, Mainly of the 17th and 18th Centuries, The Paper Publications Society, Holland, pl. 494, 3710

Catalogue raisonnéPhilip Currie, A Catalogue Raisonne of The Engraved Works by Richard Cosway, R.A. (London: F.B. Daniell, 1890).

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