For a close up of the St George and the dragon sculpture see http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1212
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The 1886 malt kiln of the Esk Brewery of James Boag and Son (Boag’s Brewery) is in the northern Tasmanian city of Launceston. The façade is in the Queen Anne architectural style and includes a number of medieval features, such as buttresses, corner towers, and Romanesque semi-circular arches. The medieval aspects of the building are enhanced by the bas relief sculpture of St George and the dragon. St George is depicted as a medieval knight wearing armour and a helmet and sword. He is riding a horse which is trampling a winged dragon.
For a close up of the St George and the dragon sculpture see http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1212
For the malt kiln see http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1216
For other depictions of St George by Boag’s Brewery see http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/989
http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/886
http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/884
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This sculpture of St George and the Dragon is at the top of the 1886 malt kiln of Boag’s Brewery in the northern Tasmanian city of Launceston. St George is depicted as a medieval knight wearing armour and a helmet with an open visor and a feather plume. He rides a horse and carries a sword. His horse is trampling a winged dragon.
For the malt kiln see http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1216
For other depictions of St George by Boag’s Brewery see http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/989
http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/886
http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/884
For the Cathedral interior see http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1198
]]>The Mary Ann Simpson (1857-1915) memorial stained glass window is in St David’s Anglican Cathedral, Hobart. The lancet window features St Michael as a knight wearing armour of the late medieval period and wearing a sword. He is killing a red dragon which lies at his feet with a spear. St Michael and the dragon are coming out of a representation of what appears to be a niche of delicate stonework in Gothic style with pointed arches.
For the Cathedral interior see http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1198
For the Boag's Brewery image see http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/884
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This photograph of a sign was taken at the rear of the Cascade Brewery. The sign features a warrior on horseback killing a dragon with a lance. The similarity of the sign to the original St George logo used by the Launceston brewery Boag’s, which was purchased by Cascade Brewery in 1922, suggests that this may also be an image of the warrior saint popular during the medieval period.
For the Boag's Brewery image see http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/884