Saint George and the Dragon

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Saint George and the Dragon

Creator

Lewis Carroll

British Photographer · 1832–1898

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Date
June 26, 1875
Medium
Albumen silver print
Culture
British
Department
Photographs
Institution
Getty Museum
Object ID
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Like *Alice's Adventures in Wonderland* and his other books, Carroll's photographs are fantasies starring the children of his friends. In this production, the Kitchin siblings enacted the romantic legend of Saint George, the patron saint of England, who slayed a child-eating dragon before it devoured a princess. George later married the rescued princess and converted her pagan town to Christianity. Using crude stagecraft to reference key plot points, Carroll condensed the entire legend into a single scene in which the princess appears as both damsel in distress and bride.

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