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St George and the Dragon.  Co-engraved with R. John Beedham, 1917.","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Mr. J. F. Physick, <u>Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1952 Volume II: The Engravings of Eric Gill</u>, London, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1960:\r\n\r\nThe full text of the record is as follows:\r\n\r\n<b>'1917   </b>\r\n<b>\r\n90 </b>\r\n\r\nSt. George and the Dragon. (D.83A) Illustration engraved by Eric Gill and R. John Beedham, after a drawing on wood by Eric Gill, on page 14 of <i>God and the Dragon</i> (E.R.G.267), rhymes by H. D. C. Pepler, No. 15 of the publications of the St. Dominic's Press, Ditchling, Sussex, 1917. The block was subsequently used for illustration on the title page of <i>St. George and the Dragon and Other Stories</i> (E.R.G.319), St. Dominic's Press publication No.5 1918; on page 22 of <i>Nisi Dominus</i> (E.R.G.372), rimes by H.D.C. Pepler, St. Dominic's Press publication No.29, 1919; tail-piece on page 7 of <i>Brewing Beer</i> (E.R.G.74), from Cobbett's <i>Cottage Economy</i>, publication No.8, 1919; on page 54, Volume III, Number 2 of <i>The Game</i> (E.R.G.263), published by the St. Dominic's Press, Advent 1919; on the front cover of <i>Child Mediums</i> (E.R.G.385), by Irene Hernanan, with an introduction by G. K. Chesterton, published by the St. Dominic's Press, 1923; to 'St. Thomas Aquinas Calendar 1925' (E.R.G.388a), published by the St. Dominic's Press, 1924; on page 28 of <i>Pertinent and Impertinent</i>  (E.R.G.390), an assortment of verse, publication No.52, 1926.\r\n<i>Inscribed in ink on the mount by the artist</i> The white lines on the man, horse & dragon engraved by EG <i>and numbered</i> D.83A.\r\n<i>Wood-engraving. 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