The population of Calais was expelled, a wealth of spoils was grabbed by the English and the town was quickly repopulated with English settlers. It was not recaptured by the French until 1558. In 1884 ...

PHILADELPHIA - "The Burghers" are back. After months of work to remove years of discoloration and damage from acid rain and pollution, Auguste Rodin's monumental bronze sculpture "The Burghers of ...

46 x 26 cm. (18.1 x 10.2 in.) The monument to the Burghers of Calais, a celebration of the bravery of the six citizens who volunteered to sacrifice their lives for the sake of their fellow citizens, ...

Auguste Rodin's "The Burghers of Calais" is set down with a giant crane Friday, March 22, 2013 outside the Rodin Museum in Philadelphia, which reopened last summer after a three-year renovation ...

Auguste Rodin's "The Burghers of Calais" was set down with a giant crane Friday at the museum, which recently completed a three-year renovation inside and out.

Auguste Rodin, “The Burghers of Calais” (modeled 1884–95, cast 1985), bronze, 82 1/2 x 94 x 95 inches (image public domain via the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York) ...

“Jacques de Wissant, Vetu,” by Auguste Rodin, was modeled 1885-96, cast 3/8, 1989, was conceived to be part of “The Burghers of Calais:” It is featured in the touring exhibition of Rodin ...

This imposing figure, Jean D’Aire, came from a group of sculptures Rodin made, “The Burghers of Calais.” Rodin is referring to the battle between England and France in 1347 during the ...

Burghers of Calais by Auguste Rodin at Victoria Tower Gardens French Sculpture Auguste Rodin manufactured different versions of ‘Le Bourgeois’ in plaster and bronze.

Bernadine Pritchett (centre) in The Six of Calais by Pegasus Opera at Royal Academy of Music, London. Photo: ... In 1889, Auguste Rodin sculpted the Burghers of Calais.

The sculpture spent decades outdoors before moving inside in the 1960s due to concerns about pitting and oxidation from exposure to the elements ...