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Title
Children of Calais
Date
2018
Medium
bronze resin
Measurements
H 150 x W 140 x D 120 cm
Accession number
CB10_TJ_S216
Work type
Statue
Work status
extant
Unveiling date
8th June 2018
Access
at all times
Inscription description
THE CHILDREN OF CALAIS / BY IAN WOLTER / UNVEILED ON 8 JUNE 2018 BY LORD ALF DUBS / THE CHILDREN OF CALAIS PORTRAYS 6 BRITISH CHILDREN AS REFUGEES / CAUGHT IN THE PRESENT MIGRATION CRISIS. THEIR POSES ECHO AUGUSTE RODINS FAMOUS THE BURGHERS OF CALAIS COMPLETED IN 1895. RODINS SOLEMN COMPOSITION COMMEMORATES AN EVENT DURING THE SIEGE OF CALAIS IN 1375. THE ENGLISH KING OFFERED TO SPARE THE LIVES OF THE CALAIS CITIZENS ON CONDITION THAT SIX OF THEIR BURGHERS WOULD SURRENDER THEMSELVES. ALTHOUGH THEY EXPECTED TO BE EXECUTED, THE BURGHERS LIVES WERE SPARED BY THE INTERVENTION OF THE ENGLISH QUEEN. / THE CHILDREN OF CALAIS EVOKES A PARALLEL NARRATIVE THE DESPERATE SITUATION OF THE YOUNG REFUGEES AND THE POTENTIAL FOR HUMANITY TO YET HOLD SWAY.
