Axial Commons Image Treasury
Circular grey stipple engraving of a nude helmeted rider on a rearing horse, lance piercing a scaly dragon beneath.

Saint George on horseback, naked and wearing a helmet, fighting the dragon. Stipple engraving by W. Roffe after F.R. Roffe after W. Wyon, ca. 1851.

A circular stipple engraving shows a nude, helmeted rider on a rearing white horse, lance driven into a scaly dragon coiled beneath its hooves. The rider's cloak billows behind him against a shaded grey background framed by a fine border.

Artist
William Wyon
Date
[1850]
Medium
Stipple engravings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
3964 × 4000 px
Download full size
Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1850.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

Español: San Jorge a caballo luchando contra el dragón, grabado a puntillo

Un grabado circular a puntillo muestra a un jinete desnudo y con casco sobre un caballo blanco encabritado, con la lanza clavada en un dragón escamoso enroscado bajo sus cascos. La capa del jinete ondea tras él sobre un fondo gris sombreado enmarcado por un borde fino.

Português: São Jorge a cavalo lutando contra o dragão, gravura pontilhada

Uma gravura circular pontilhada mostra um cavaleiro nu e de elmo sobre um cavalo branco empinado, com a lança cravada em um dragão escamoso enrolado sob os cascos. A capa do cavaleiro ondula atrás dele sobre um fundo cinza sombreado, emoldurado por uma borda fina.

More from Saints and Martyrs

Gilded panel in cross shape showing crucified Christ, angels above, a kneeling woman in red at right and a kneeling man at left.Processional Cross with Saint Mary Magdalene and a Blessed HermitPainting of robed women dancing across a tiled floor beside a knight in dark armor and red helmet, with a woman in white holding a branch at right.Saint George and the Dragon Series, No. 7: The ReturnPainting of a green meadow with a farmhouse and jagged blue mountains under a bright yellow swirling sky, with a tree at right.A Meadow in the Mountains: Le Mas de Saint-PaulPanel painting of an enthroned older woman reading, with a younger woman and child, surrounded by a friar, kneeling donors, nuns and angels.De heilige Anna te Drieën met stichters en heiligenSoldiers in steel helmets wait among rubble under a ruined stone arch, with a hazy landscape beyond, in a muted green and gray wartime drawing.Troops Waiting to Advance at Hattonchâtel - St. Mihiel DriveEngraving of Mary holding the infant Jesus with Joseph, cherubs, a donkey and an ox in a hilly landscape with a sphinx at left.The holy family resting among animals in Egypt. Etching by B. Baron, 1724, after F. Solime