56 8 1266 https://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/files/original/536ef1f0bed29b3a68c0d8596ae1cdd7.jpg 047092a93d07614cbd3f9ea4d3ec1048 Omeka Image File The metadata element set that was included in the `files_images` table in previous versions of Omeka. These elements are common to all image files. Bit Depth 8 Channels 3 Height 2476 Width 2858 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Medievalism on the Page Description An account of the resource This Collection examines literary medievalism from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. It traces an arc from the populist literary medievalism of the nineteenth century, through the more rarefied modernist turn of the mid-twentieth century, to the re-emergence of popular forms such as childrenâ€™s literature and fantasy since the 1980s. In this Collection you will find items relating to printed medievalist works and also to medievalism operating in print, for example in references to medieval events, people, and literature in nineteenth- and twentieth-century texts and dramatic works. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Journal (microfilm) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource â€˜Melbournianaâ€™, The Bulletin, 23 February 1895 Subject The topic of the resource â€˜pedigree hunting,â€™ armor, armour, civic administrator, Edmund Gerald Fitzgibbon 1825-1905, genealogy, lineage, knight, medieval ancestry, Melbourne, Melbourne & Metropolitan Board of Works, Victorian politics, White Knight of Kerry Description An account of the resource This is another cheeky comment from Bulletin cartoonist Tom Durkin, directed at the reputedly self-important chairman of the Melbourne & Metropolitan Board of Works, E. G. Fitzgibbon. In the cartoon Fitzgibbon is throwing a temper tantrum over the amount of money that should be allocated to the chairman (i.e. himself). The so-called ‘White Knight of Kerry’ is depicted, as Louise D’Arcens suggests, as “a pompous undersized figure, absurd in his full suit of armour” (Louise D'Arcens, Old Songs in the Timeless Land: Medievalism in Australian Literature 1840-1910, Turnhout: Brepols, 2011, p.24). Additionally, Durkin’s reference to “Councillor Gibbon” implies that FitzGibbon is really plain Edmund Gibbon, and that he has ‘taken on airs and graces’ by adding Fitz (an Anglo-Norman prefix meaning ‘son of’) to bolster his reputation and his claim to medieval ancestry. Fitzgibbon served in his role as chairman of the Board of Works for fourteen years until his death. For more information about him, see Bernard Barrett, 'FitzGibbon, Edmund Gerald (1825–1905)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, <a href="http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/fitzgibbon-edmund-gerald-3530/text5439" target="_blank">http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/fitzgibbon-edmund-gerald-3530/text5439</a>. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Durkin, Tom Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Bulletin Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Bulletin Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 23 February 1895, (p. 12). Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Public Domain Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Journal (microfilm) â€˜pedigree hunting â€™ armor Armour civic administrator Edmund Gerald Fitzgibbon 1825-1905 genealogy knight lineage medieval ancestry Melbourne Melbourne & Metropolitan Board of Works Victorian politics White Knight of Kerry https://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/files/original/6d72747dbab0f1c5be1aa46c88777ab8.jpg 0c69e63cc1d2acd41fe19a22ca158758 Omeka Image File The metadata element set that was included in the `files_images` table in previous versions of Omeka. These elements are common to all image files. Bit Depth 8 Channels 3 Height 3497 Width 2414 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Medievalism on the Page Description An account of the resource This Collection examines literary medievalism from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. It traces an arc from the populist literary medievalism of the nineteenth century, through the more rarefied modernist turn of the mid-twentieth century, to the re-emergence of popular forms such as childrenâ€™s literature and fantasy since the 1980s. In this Collection you will find items relating to printed medievalist works and also to medievalism operating in print, for example in references to medieval events, people, and literature in nineteenth- and twentieth-century texts and dramatic works. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Journal (Microfilm) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource â€˜White Knightâ€™, The Bulletin, 17 November 1894 Subject The topic of the resource â€˜pedigree hunting,â€™ armor, armour, battle, civic administrator, Edmund Gerald Fitzgibbon 1825-1905, genealogy, Jubilee Peerage, knight, kookaburra, lineage, Melbourne, Melbourne & Metropolitan Board of Works, Thomas C. Durkin (1853-1902), town clerk, Victorian politics, White Knight of Kerry Description An account of the resource In this cartoon from The Bulletin in 1894 a serious-faced Edmund Fitzgibbon, fully-armoured and seated astride a caparisoned Kangaroo instead of a steed, charges off to give battle to an unnamed adversary. On a handy perch (a sign pointing to India), a little kookaburra laughs at his antics. In fact, Fitzgibbon is offering â€˜battleâ€™ to those who question his right to refer to himself as the White Knight of Kerry. Like other public figures of this era, Fitzgibbon was determined to add substance to his reputation and public persona through the discovery (or invention) of long-forgotten yet â€œillustrious antecedentsâ€ (Louise D'Arcens, Old Songs in the Timeless Land: Medievalism in Australian Literature 1840-1910, Turnhout: Brepols, 2011, p.24). Fitzgibbon was town clerk, and later chairman of the Melbourne & Metropolitan Board of Works. The determination of up-and-coming Australians to improve themselves by heaping-up honours and collecting famous ancestors was also responsible for Hopâ€™s amusing 1887 â€˜Australian Jubilee Peerageâ€™ cartoon. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Durkin, Tom Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Bulletin Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Bulletin Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 17 November 1894 (p. 14). Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Public Domain Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Journal (Microfilm) Language A language of the resource English â€˜pedigree hunting â€™ armor Armour battle civic administrator Edmund Gerald Fitzgibbon 1825-1905 genealogy Jubilee Peerage knight kookaburra lineage Melbourne Melbourne & Metropolitan Board of Works Thomas C. Durkin (1853-1902) town clerk Victorian politics White Knight of Kerry https://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/files/original/88a37f3ccc93d18c35e00161e9c1cc81.jpg 02915376fc1e43f001116c81debe106c Omeka Image File The metadata element set that was included in the `files_images` table in previous versions of Omeka. These elements are common to all image files. Bit Depth 8 Channels 3 Height 3503 Width 1171 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Medievalism on the Page Description An account of the resource This Collection examines literary medievalism from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. It traces an arc from the populist literary medievalism of the nineteenth century, through the more rarefied modernist turn of the mid-twentieth century, to the re-emergence of popular forms such as childrenâ€™s literature and fantasy since the 1980s. In this Collection you will find items relating to printed medievalist works and also to medievalism operating in print, for example in references to medieval events, people, and literature in nineteenth- and twentieth-century texts and dramatic works. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Microfilm Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource ‘Bards of the Backblocks: Knights of Chance’, The Bulletin, 26 May 1900. Subject The topic of the resource Adventuring, Australian national character, backblocks, bard, city, E. J. Brady (1869-1952), Federation, freedom, knight, lance, nationalism, romanticisation, rural economy, New South Wales, NSW. Description An account of the resource To describe everyday life in colonial Australia as entirely rural-based in 1900 would be misleading, for the country’s major urban centres, particularly Sydney and Melbourne, housed much of the population and fuelled its commercial vitality (see F. K. Crowley (ed.), A New History of Australia, Richmond, William Heinemann, 1984, p. 261). Yet, the author of these verses, E. J. Brady, romanticises the ordinary Australian’s willingness to ‘chance their luck’ on bold ventures: E.g., prospecting for gold, running sheep and cattle in the water-scarce ‘backblocks,’ harvesting pearls in the N.W., and shipping commodities all over the world. Brady clearly favoured the “adventuring life,” valuing rural freedom over machine-shop slavery in the noxious urban sprawl (Louise D’Arcens, Old Songs in the Timeless Land: Medievalism in Australian Literature 1840-1910, Turnhout, Brepols, 2011, p.141). The propensity for romanticising the Australian present by conflating it with a medieval past was not unusual at the time. The Bulletin published (and made room for) quite a lot of this type of ‘backblocks’ versification, which “was not only determinedly populist and disposable but also extremely cursory in its medievalism, ransacking the popular imaginary indiscriminately for tropes and terms that signified instantaneously and superficially as ‘medieval’” (D’Arcens, 19). That much is apparent from the poem, with its comparatively stock imagery and reliance on ‘the bygone days of yore’ for inspiration: the “Barons of Bold Adventure, Kings of the stout free lance”. Yet Brady, who was a long-standing member of the Australian Socialist League (See John B. Webb, A Critical Biography of Edwin James Brady 1869-1952, University of Sydney PhD Thesis, 1972 p.9), evidently envisaged entire communities of unburdened ‘emancipated’ workers “roaming the countryside and working at will,” like so many questing medieval knights (D’Arcens, p.140). It is likely that Brady was appealing to the resolve that was forming and cohering as a result of the recent Federation debates (c. 1897-98) which, having filtered down into everyday exchange sought to persuade and unite the colonies under the one flag and banner. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource E. J. Brady Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Bulletin Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Bulletin Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 26 May 1900 (p. 3) Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Public Domain Adventuring Australian national character backblocks bard city E. J. Brady (1869-1952) federation freedom knight lance nationalism New South Wales NSW romanticisation rural economy https://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/files/original/ab2d919baf9fb62efb96403d31d3cad7.jpg 94cc75f1545b892066429d323cade7e9 Omeka Image File The metadata element set that was included in the `files_images` table in previous versions of Omeka. These elements are common to all image files. Bit Depth 8 Channels 3 Height 3494 Width 635 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Medievalism on the Page Description An account of the resource This Collection examines literary medievalism from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. It traces an arc from the populist literary medievalism of the nineteenth century, through the more rarefied modernist turn of the mid-twentieth century, to the re-emergence of popular forms such as childrenâ€™s literature and fantasy since the 1980s. In this Collection you will find items relating to printed medievalist works and also to medievalism operating in print, for example in references to medieval events, people, and literature in nineteenth- and twentieth-century texts and dramatic works. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource ‘On Tapestry’, The Bulletin, 14 July 1910 Subject The topic of the resource Ballad, chivalry, Courtly Love, crusade, E. J. Brady (1869-1952), Holy Land, joust, knight, romance. Description An account of the resource This engaging “McCrae-like medieval narrative ballad” (John B. Webb, “A Critical Biography of Edwin James Brady 1869-1952” PhD Thesis, The University of Sydney, 1972, p.95) concerns the fortunes of a triad of ill-starred lovers. On one hand there is brave Sir Maurice, the wealthy and impetuous knight who excels in chivalric conduct but who is tragically slain while crusading in the Holy Land. On the other is the golden-haired Lady Alice, a romantic counterpart for him who naively “vowed [...] Her Lord he’d be”. Unknown to either of these two quixotically tempered day-dreaming protagonists is the real target of Cupid’s dart, the “crow-haired” ladies maid, who recognises from the outset that her suit is hopeless, and who must content herself with plaintive prayers and “A [hasty] daylight glance.” The tragedy of the missed opportunity that is all too often ‘staring you in the face’ is a theme that Brady also favours and highlights in his less accomplished, more light-hearted medievalist poem, ‘On Keira (See: <a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1032" target="_self">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1032</a>).’ Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource E. J. Brady Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Bulletin Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Bulletin Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 14 July 1910, p.39 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Public Domain Relation A related resource <a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1032" target="_self">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1032</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Journal (Microfilm) Ballad chivalry Courtly Love Crusade E. J. Brady (1869-1952) Holy Land joust knight romance https://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/files/original/6c4fca2a2ee6506698a89a30162e27dd.jpg 363ff237bd8ca29f1b249375621a7b93 Omeka Image File The metadata element set that was included in the `files_images` table in previous versions of Omeka. These elements are common to all image files. Bit Depth 8 Channels 3 Height 3507 Width 832 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Medievalism on the Page Description An account of the resource This Collection examines literary medievalism from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. It traces an arc from the populist literary medievalism of the nineteenth century, through the more rarefied modernist turn of the mid-twentieth century, to the re-emergence of popular forms such as childrenâ€™s literature and fantasy since the 1980s. In this Collection you will find items relating to printed medievalist works and also to medievalism operating in print, for example in references to medieval events, people, and literature in nineteenth- and twentieth-century texts and dramatic works. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource ‘On Keira’, The Bulletin, 16 June 1910 Subject The topic of the resource Armour, chivalry, death, E. J. Brady (1869-1952), Gerringong, humour, Illawarra region, knight, loss, love, Mt Keira, NSW, old age, regret, Shoalhaven, Wollongong escarpment, youth. Description An account of the resource This intensely nostalgic medieval poem by E. J. Brady “is most distinctive for its unapologetic insertion of the chivalric into the local”, which becomes the source of unintended humour (Louise D’Arcens, Old Songs in the Timeless Land: Medievalism in Australian Literature 1840-1910, Turnhout, Brepols, 2011, p.141). Looking out on that same geological vista (the Wollongong escarpment), it is indeed difficult to envisage Brady’s youthful knight in armour dashing stubbornly to fame and fortune at the expense of his own happiness, with anything like a straight face. However, with some deft poetic substitution and “Tennysonian” reworking on Brady’s part (D’Arcens, p.141), the Illawarra region of NSW is transformed, at least temporarily, into a mystical fairyland. As the narrator of the poem here regretfully contemplates the paths he didn’t follow, this poem serves as a poignant reminder to readers of the need to make the right decisions in life, especially those concerning love and happiness, lest they suffer the unrelenting pangs of grief and loss. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource E. J. Brady Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Bulletin Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Bulletin Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 16 June 1910, p.39 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Public Domain Relation A related resource <a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1031" target="_self">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1031</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Journal (Microfilm) Armour chivalry death E. J. Brady (1869-1952) Gerringong humour Illawarra region knight loss love Mt Keira NSW old age regret Shoalhaven Wollongong escarpment youth Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Medievalism on the Streets Description An account of the resource This Collection analyses popular medievalism in material and public culture from the mid-nineteenth century to the present, with an emphasis on popular medievalist theatre, parades and public spectacles, as well as recreational, literary and political associations. It explores the ways in which medievalism was not simply derivative but also local and disctinctive. In this Collection you will find items relating to medievalism in public contexts and popular culture, and the revisitation or reenactment of the Middle Ages by groups such as the Society for Creative Anachronism. Hyperlink Title, URL, Description or annotation. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Report URL <a href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article47270284">http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article47270284</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource SA Register 1888 Thurs 26 April Carnival of King Labour Subject The topic of the resource King Labour, Eight Hours Day celebration Melbourne, tinsmithsâ€™ armour, trade processions, streets celebrations, medieval guilds, references to Ivanhoe, Richard Coeur de Lion, Don Quixote, battle-axes, Friendly Societiesâ€™ Gardens, carnival, carnivalesque, labour, worker, work, labourer, class Description An account of the resource Report on the Eight Hours Day procession in Melbourne in 1888. The article describes the vivid and essentially working-class flavour of the skilled trades procession and after-picnic in Melbourne. The tinsmithsâ€™ knightly armour invokes literary and historical figures of the past. The novel Ivanhoe was set in the twelfth century but was written by Sir Walter Scott in the early nineteenth century; Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes is a seventeenth-century novel. Richard the Lionheart or Richard I of England was a twelfth-century warrior king. The authorâ€™s idea about what constitutes â€˜the medievalâ€™ is heavily mediated by popular fictions and depictions of their time. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource E.D.C. South Australian Register Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived National Library of Australia <a href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article47270284">http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article47270284</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 26 April 1888 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Public Domain Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Report; Hyperlink Language A language of the resource English battle-axes carnival carnivalesque class Don Quixote Eight Hours Day celebration Melbourne Friendly Societiesâ€™ Gardens King Labour labour labourer medieval guilds references to Ivanhoe Richard Coeur de Lion streets celebrations tinsmithsâ€™ armour trade processions work worker Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Medievalism in the Classroom Description An account of the resource This Collection traces the development of academic medievalism in Australiaâ€™s universities, and explores the disciplineâ€™s complex ideological affiliations. In this Collection you will find items relating to: the medievalist content of educational programmes, such as examples of university unit outlines; the teaching of the medieval through processes of medievalism, such as in demonstrations of medieval cooking or fighting techniques; and references to the medieval in modern educational debates and contexts. Hyperlink Title, URL, Description or annotation. URL <a href="https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/view/2011/THTR20021" target="_blank">https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/view/2011/THTR20021</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Shakespeare Unit Subject The topic of the resource adaption, drama, dramatic, films, film, Hamlet, Macbeth, William Shakespeare, Shakespeare, Melbourne, Peter Eckersall, Shakespeare, television, university, universities, Melbourne, University of Melbourne, Victoria Description An account of the resource Level 2 undergraduate unit â€˜Shakespeareâ€™ coordinated by Peter Eckersall at the University of Melbourne. In part the unit investigates film and television adaptations of Shakespeareâ€™s plays, and two plays set in the medieval period are on the reading list, Macbeth (an eleventh-century king of Scotland) and Hamlet (the legendary Viking-Age Amleth, recorded by the Dane Saxo Grammaticus in the early thirteenth century). Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Eckersall, Peter Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/view/2011/THTR20021" target="_blank">https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/view/2011/THTR20021</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available University of Melbourne Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 17 June 2011 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Peter Eckersall, University of Melbourne Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Weblink Language A language of the resource English adaption drama dramatic film films Hamlet MacBeth Melbourne Peter Eckersall Shakespeare television universities university University of Melbourne Victoria William Shakespeare Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Medievalism at the Foundations Description An account of the resource This Collection illustrates how medievalism has always existed â€˜in plain viewâ€™ in Australian public life, as a conspicuous cultural memory ghosting Australiaâ€™s modernity. It focuses on discourses about, debates over, and changing interpretations of i) Australiaâ€™s medievalist political and religious institutions and rituals, ii) its architecture, and iii) its civic environment. In this Collection are items relating to all three of these key areas. Firstly, you will find items that point to the medieval influences and inflections that still permeate and influence our political, legal and religious institutions and traditions. Secondly, you will find numerous examples of neo-gothic and neo-romanesque architecture, and some cases where architectural features are known to have been modelled on specific medieval buildings. Thirdly, you will find items relating to the ways in which medievalism is incorporated into our civic environments and expressed through statues, monuments and war memorials. Hyperlink Title, URL, Description or annotation. URL <a href="http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/8536/" target="_self">http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/8536/</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource â€˜The Fight: St George Kills the Dragon VIâ€™ by Edward Burne-Jones Subject The topic of the resource Aesthetic Pre-Raphaelitism, armor, armour, art, artwork, chivalric tradition, chivalry, damsel, dragon, gallantry, George, knight, legend, Myles Birket Foster, myth, New South Wales, NSW, Pre-Raphaelite, Princess Sabra, St George, sword, The Hill, Witley. Description An account of the resource This oil on canvas painting by well-known nineteenth-century artist Edward Burne-Jones was gifted to the Art Gallery of New South Wales by Arthur Moon. It is one of seven paintings from a â€˜St George and the Dragonâ€™ narrative cycle that Burne-Jones was commissioned to produce in 1864 for the dining room of Myles Birket Fosterâ€™s house, The Hill, in Witley, Surrey. Completed in 1866, this is the sixth painting in the series. It depicts an armoured St George slaying a reptilian looking dragon, while a female figure wearing a flowing white gown and a wreath of flowers - Princess Sabra from the legend - clasps her hands and watches tentatively from the sidelines. The deadly threat posed by the dragon, and by extension the valour of the knight in quashing it, is evident from the skull and broken lance lying in the foreground of the painting. Although the legend of St George slaying the dragon is Eastern in origin, it is thought to have been taken back to England by medieval crusaders, where it was incorporated into the chivalric tradition. As the patron saint of England, a champion of Christianity, and an exemplar of chivalric masculinity, St George was a popular subject for Pre-Raphaelite artists such as Burne-Jones, and for the Victorian medieval revival more generally. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Edward Burne-Jones Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Art Gallery of New South Wales Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1866 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource The Art Gallery of New South Wales Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Oil on Canvas, 105.4cm x 130.8cm Aesthetic Pre-Raphaelitism Armor Armour art artwork chivalric tradition chivalry damsel dragon gallantry George knight legend Myles Birket Foster myth New South Wales NSW Pre-Raphaelite Princess Sabra St George sword The Hill Witley