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In England, Harebell is symbolic of St. George, according to Richard Folkard (1884). Abroad, the Peony is associated with the saint, whose feast day is today. Illustrations from Curtis' .

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Happy Here children's book illustrator Jane Massey shares how she drew the characters Little Knight and Little Dragon for Jane Clarke’s Knight Time story https://t.co/1UtgkzgRGj

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2020-04-24

St. George is such a curious saint: an obvious amalgam of pagan and Christian, but also almost an archetypial, perennial hero. He is somehow simultaneously perceived as an exclusive patron of England, Georgia, and Muscovy Russia, Aragon (?) and probably more?
https://t.co/2LBPqE8nvT

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2020-04-24

Happy day.

(well. It hasn't been so far, but regardless put me in mind of this pic which I drew 7 years ago on an IPad 2 with app).

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2020-04-23

To celebrate here's a fantastic mural taken from the collection.

It was created by artist Cornelius Jansson Walter Winter (1821-1891) for Fritton Church, Norfolk!

Thank you to everyone for continuing to stay home this 👏

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2020-04-23

Skipped a day on the to day 5: You as a kid. I drew and painted a lot! My uncle worked in the printing department at the evening standard so we had endless rolls of plain newspaper to draw on! Thought this would be apt to post today as it's

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To our beautiful store owners in England - Happy St. Georges Day. Be proud. Feel united. After all this we can all meet up again and have one big party.

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2020-04-23

I like the Google doodle today. It's nice that St G, his horse and the dragon are all friends making toast together....

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2020-04-23

Just where IS St. George when you need him eh?

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2020-04-23

Thinking of getting creative at home?

🐲 On try recreating Uccello's 'Saint George and the Dragon' with the help of some cuddly toys, just like Christine, our Head of Curatorial, did!

Learn more about the painting here: https://t.co/eTW1QQ6jhb

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2020-04-23

On we celebrate the English knight Saint George who did the proper English thing & had a nice chat & an English cuppa & a with the dragon

(before biffing him when he wasn't looking & nicking his biscuits!)

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A couple of dragons for A 2 legged dragon, Wyvern, on a medieval tile uncovered at The Commandery on a community dig, & another as part of the decoration of an Edward VI document, linked to the royal coat of arms.

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Radical hero and modern-day Sir Francis Burdett takes up his sword to attack the monster of Government corruption guarding the Treasury, declaring "I will Stand up for the Rights of the People Or Perish in the Attempt" c.1809

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Last of my selection of paintings for showing & the dragon, by leading French Symbolist artist. Inspired by & & https://t.co/vgiHT7IAUZ

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Another painting for this time by The dramatic scene has arriving just in time, while the princess flees. It came into our collection in 1831, only 7 yrs after gallery was formed 2/ https://t.co/vL3B5cKDuC

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On “Waiter, waiter, there’s a dragon in my soup!”

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