Embroidered in silk and metallic on linen, depicting Saint George and the angels, with an embroidered quotation from The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser: 'For thou emongst those saints, whom thou doest see shall be a saint, and thine owne nations frend and patrone thou Saint George shalt called bee, Saint George of Mery England, the signe of Victoree / Spenser'
30¹⁄₄ in. (76.8 cm.) long, 13¹⁄₄ in. (33.7 cm.) wide, sight size

Paul Reeves, London.
Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above in November 1995.

The National Competition, South Kensington, 1907, Bronze Medal Winner.
The Franco British-Exhibition, 1908.

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