St George and Princess Sabra  1862

by Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Watercolour on paper [br] Having killed the dragon, St George washes the blood from his hands in his upturned helmet. He watches through the window as a crowd carries the dragon's head in triumph. Typically, Rossetti makes the public celebration subordinate to the interaction between St George and Princess Sabra whose life he saved. In an intimate and disturbing scene, sh...
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  1. Elizabeth Siddall, whom Rossetti had married in 1860, modelled for Princess Sabra, only days before taking an overdose of laudanum.