The Burghers of Calais by Benjamin West (1789)

Painting of a crowned woman and armored knight receiving bound townsmen in tunics, with soldiers, banners and cannons behind

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A history painting showing a crowned woman in a white gown gesturing toward a knight in ornate gilded armor, while a group of barefoot men in robes and tunics stand before her with their arms bound behind their backs. Soldiers with spears and helmets, fleur-de-lis banners, and abandoned swords and cannons fill the scene. This is Benjamin West's The Burghers of Calais, dated 1789.

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1789

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Wikimedia Commons

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