St George and the Dragon - Dorset Rise, London, UK
N 51° 30.768 W 000° 06.340
30U E 700828 N 5710824
This life-size bronze sculpture is located on the east side of Dorset Rise in the City of London. The statue is also a fountain.
Waymark Code: WMNF3C
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 03/03/2015
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The PMSA website describes the sculpture:
Stylized mounted St. George atop sloping grid carried by tall grilled octagonal plinth around which dragon spirals emitting four brass tongues as fountain heads. Cheap circular granite slab pool with cobbles.
A plaque tells us:
St George and the Dragon
Michael Sandle
1988
Commissioned by Mountleigh Group plc
through Public Art Development Trust
Casting by Morris Singer Foundry
The sculpture shows St George standing in his stirrups. He is dressed in armour and in hands is a lance that has been thrust down into the dragon that is below the tilting grid and wrapped around the supporting framework. The dragon's tail extends up through the grid close to the horse'e left hind leg. Four shaped tubes extend form the dragon's mouth, ending in nozzles, that create the fountain.