XBP390725 The Burghers of Calais (bronze) by Rodin, Auguste (1840-1917); Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C., USA; (add.info.: during the 1347 siege of Calais by King Edward III of England, six leading citizens (burghers) offered themselves as hostages in order to save the near starving French city; Edward ordered them to wear a noose and plain clothes while delivering the keys to the city; they were (l-r) Jean de Fiennes, Pierre de Wiessant, Eustache de Saint-Pierre and Jean d\'Aire;); Photo 穢 Boltin Picture Library; French, out of copyright.