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Title
Burghers of Calais
Date
1884–1889 & 1914
Medium
stone & bronze
Measurements
H 231 x W 245 x D 200 cm;
Plinth: H 124 x W (?) x D (?) cm
Accession number
SW1_MRF_S036
Acquisition method
purchased by the National Art Collections Fund
Work type
Statue
Owner
Westminster City Council
Custodian
Westminster City Council
Listing status
Grade I (England and Wales)
Listing date
06/02/70
Access
at all times
Signature/marks description
on the top surface of the self base: A. RODIN; on the side of the self-base facing the river: ALEXIS. RUDIER / FONDEUR. PARIS
Inscription description
on the front of the pedestal: THE BURGHERS OF CALAIS / BY AUGUSTE RODIN; on the back of the pedestal: PRESENTED TO THE NATION BY THE / .NATIONAL ART COLLECTIONS FUND 1914; on a bronze plaque on the back of the pedestal: THE CONSERVATION OF / RODIN’S THE BURGHERS OF CALAIS / AND THE NEW PLINTH / WERE FUNDED BY NICHOLAS GOODISON / (CHAIRMAN, NATIONAL ART COLLECTIONS FUND 1986–2002) AND JUDITH GOODISON, IN 2004; on a slate slab inserted into the paving in front of the group: These figures known as / THE BURGHERS OF CALAIS / commemorate the six citizens of that town / who offered themselves / as hostages to Edward III, after he had vainly besieged their town, for nearly a year in 1347: / the story goes that their lives were spared / on the intercession of Edward’s queen / Philippa of Hainault
