# The Sleeping Children

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## Artwork

- Artist: [CHANTREY, Sir Francis Legatt](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/chantrey-sir-francis-legatt-r614d41bea9c604>)
- Date: 1801-1850
- Technique: Marble

## Commentary

In 1815 the sculptor received the commission from Mrs Ellen Robinson for a monument to her daughters who had died in a fire. Chantrey had taken a death mask of one daughter, but this was only for orientation in the facial form. The children do indeed lie there as if they could be awoken at any moment.

## Related artworks

- [Bishop Ryder Monument](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/chantrey-sir-francis-legatt-r614d41bea9c604/bishop-ryder-monument-r074fd6b3922c6b>)
- [Bust of Revd. John Horne-Tooke](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/chantrey-sir-francis-legatt-r614d41bea9c604/bust-of-revd-john-horne-tooke-r7e90226811d900>)
- [Mrs. Siddons](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/chantrey-sir-francis-legatt-r614d41bea9c604/mrs-siddons-r73a169ea82735c>)
- [Robinson Monument: The Sleeping Children](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/chantrey-sir-francis-legatt-r614d41bea9c604/robinson-monument-the-sleeping-children-r94babfe5985a8d>)
- [The Sleeping Children \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/chantrey-sir-francis-legatt-r614d41bea9c604/the-sleeping-children-detail-raa3f0d66cf9e49>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)