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Saint George for England.   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Saint George for England.
Description
English: No. 1 of the series. A sailor riding (right to left) the British lion; in his right hand he holds out a foaming tankard, in his left is a sword resting on his shoulder and thrust through a huge sirloin of beef. His hat is decorated with a St. George's cross in a medallion, and with sprays of oak-leaves and acorns. On the lion's head is a spray of roses, his right fore-paw rests on a plum-pudding in a dish. His tail is raised almost vertically. Behind, seen through the lion's legs, are ships in full sail, clouds of smoke showing that a naval battle is in progress.


This design is surrounded by a border: The two circles are of hops twining round a pole, with oak-leaves and ears of wheat at their summit. The upper edge is the title on a scroll, with oak-leaves. The lower is formed of oak-leaves, acorns, and roses centred by a punch-bowl. Below the border is engraved:

"Behold your Saint with Glorious English Fare,
Noble Sirloin, Rich Pudding and strong Beer.
For you my Heart's of Oak, for your Regale,
Here 's good old English Stingo Mild & Stale.

This Porter is by Famous Calvert made,
Justly Renowned of all the Brewing Trade.
Such cheer as this will make you Bold & Strong,
Who'd not on such a Noble Saint, Rely on." 2 January 1781


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Depicted people Representation of: St George
Date 1781
date QS:P571,+1781-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium paper
Dimensions
Height: 224 millimetres
Width: 237 millimetres
institution QS:P195,Q6373
Current location
Prints and Drawings
Accession number
1868,0808.4739
Notes

(Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', V, 1935) See also BMSat 5943-5. Reproduced, M. D. George, 'England in Transition', frontispiece.

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The first plate of a series seven plates of tutelar saints. The next plates are of Sts David, Andrew and Patrick (BMSat 5942-4), and the other three (2014,7051.2 to 4; not in BMSat) are of Spain, Italy and France.
Source/Photographer https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0808-4739
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(Reusing this file)		 © The Trustees of the British Museum, released as CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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