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Tullie House Museum : 1902.18.33
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Painting, watercolour, The Dragon Lintel, St Mary and St Bega's Church, St Bees, Cumberland, by William Gershom Collingwood, 1899.
Study of lintel carved in high relief with St George standing behind dragon in central section with areas of elaborate interlacings to either side. The lintel dates from 12th century?
Drawn to illustrate Notes on the Early Sculptured Crosses, Shrines and Monuments in the Present Diocese of Carlisle, by Rev William Slater Calverley, published by T Wilson, Kendal 1899; opposite p.259.
inscription:- inscribed & dated & initialled bottom right
St. Bees June 3 1899 W.G.C.
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