Lance Calkin - Burning of the Goliath.jpg
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English: Calkin (1859-1936) was inspired by an accident that occurred on December 22, 1875 on the Thames. The wooden school-boat which housed around 500 orphaned or disadvantaged boys was completely destroyed by a fire caused by the fall of an oil lamp. One adult and twenty children perished. The painting represents the scene in which a boy named Mudkin begged Captain William Sutherland Bourchier to flee, but he only wanted to leave the ship last.
The painting was acquired by the illustrated London weekly "The Graphic", which published it as a chromolithograph, as a supplement to its Christmas 1898 issue. Captain Bouchiere's face in the picture is in fact Lance's father George. reference 71 x 92 cm. Private collection.Français : Calkin (1859-1936) s'est inspiré d'un accident survenu le 22 décembre 1875 sur la Tamise. Le bâteau-école en bois qui accueillait environ 500 garçons orphelins ou défavorisés a été entièrement détruit par un incendie provoqué par la chute d'une lampe à pétrole. Un adulte et une vingtaine d'enfants ont péri. Le tableau représente la scène au cours de laquelle un garçon nommé Mudkin supplia le capitaine William Sutherland Bourchier de se sauver mais celui-ci ne voulu quitter le navire qu'en dernier.
Le tableau fut acquis par l'hebdomadaire londonien illustré "The Graphic", qui le publia en chromolithographie, en supplément de son numéro de Noël 1898. 71 x 92 cm. Collection particulière |
| Date | 1898 |
| Medium | lithograph |
| Source/Photographer | Own work |
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