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Creator:: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:: [13 June 1782]
Call Number:: 782.06.13.02+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Admiral Rodney is depicted vigorously attacking a large dragon which clutches his leg. The dragon's wings are decorated with fleur-de-lys and it breathes fire and frogs (alluding to Rodney's 1782 victory over the French fleet, a triumph which was not well-received by the Ministry). On the left Charles James Fox attempts to stay Rodney, offering him a baron's coronet and saying "... you have done enough, I will now make a Lord of you, and you shall have the happiness of never being heard of again."
Alternative Title:: Saint George and the dragon
Description:: Title from item. and Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:: Pubd. June 13th, 1782, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):: England
Subject (Name):: Rodney, George Brydges Rodney, Baron, 1719-1792 and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Subject (Topic):: Admirals, British, Dragons, Military uniforms, and Clothing & dress
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > St. George & the dragon [graphic].