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Black and white photograph of a welded metal sculpture of St. George in armor on a horse, raising a sword as he faces an unseen dragon on a grassy lawn with trees behind. The photograph shows Robert “Dan” Daniels’s welded recycled-metal sculpture "St. George and the Dragon," undated, in St. George, Maine. The armored figure of St. George sits astride a stylized horse. St. George wears a helmet with narrow eye slits, a chest plate, and cylindrical arm and leg guards, and he holds a long sword aloft in his right hand while his left arm supports a large oval shield marked with a simple Christian cross. The horse has an elongated neck and head, a smooth, barrel body, and a long, fringed skirt that suggests a caparison, with a Christian cross motif on a cloth panel over its chest. A flat stone with a small plaque lies in the grass in the foreground, while dense trees form a backdrop that frames the lone figure, who is posed to confront a separate dragon sculpture located out of the frame. Daniels, a former boilermaker from St. George turned metal sculptor, uses welded scrap metal to create this dramatic representation of the legendary saint and his mount. 1994. ©Peggy McKenna, photographer. (See p17091-p17093)(NA4800.)

Save Outdoor Sculpture! (SOS!) (1990-1995) was a nationwide survey that ran from 1990-1995 documenting America’s outdoor sculpture. Established in 1990, SOS! helped educate local communities about America’s endangered sculptural heritage. The Maine Arts Commission was one of 106 organizations to participate in this survey.

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Sculpture

Collection

MF161

Series Number

NA4800

Identifier

p17092

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Located at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress: AFC 2012/047 https://lccn.loc.gov/2013655211.

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