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Guy and the Boar, Coventry road, Warwick.
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This statue of Guy and the Boar seen on a traffic island near the Coventry Road in Warwick. Seen on the walk from Warwick Station to the Grand Union Canal. It is also near Guy Cross Park Road.
Guy of Warwick, or Gui de Warewic, is a legendary English hero of Romance popular in England and France from the 13th to 17th centuries. The story of Sir Guy is considered by scholars to be part of the Matter of England.
Set in a square paved area in front of a group of trees. On a square concrete base is a projecting stone built pedestal supporting the cast concrete sculpture. It shows the figure of a man, naked, holding a spear in his right hand and the tusks of the boar in his left hand. Guy is shown as an elongated, gaunt figure having a simplified face with little characterisation except for deep set eyes and a furrowed brow. There is little definition of the musculature except the upper torso on which the muscles have been defined in a precise, almost mechanical manner. Whilst the majority of the figure has a textured surface, revealing the tool marks, the head and torso are smooth and finished. In contrast, the figure of the boar, whilst also elongated appears quite naturalistic in its detailing.
This sculpture was presented to the town of Warwick by Mr W. H. Lewis, managing director of Lewis and Watters, the estate building contractors. Some controversy was caused by the statue, and the town councillors had a debate over whether to accept the gift.
Guy of Warwick was son of the steward to the Earl of Warwick. When he was 16 he fell in love with the Earl's only daughter Felice, due to his low birth she stated that she would only marry him if he could prove his valour. Guy set out for Europe, killing the Dun Cow which was ravaging Dunsmore Heath, and slew a boar at Slough. On reaching Europe he fought the Saracens at Constantinople, on his return to England he killed a dragon for Aethelstan at York. These deeds convinced Felice of his bravery and she consented to marry him. On the death of the Earl of Warwick shortly after their marriage he inherited the Earldom. Guy, his conscience troubled by the blood he had spilled, left Felice to make a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. On this journey he found Aethelstan besieged at Winchester by the Danes, a duel to decide the outcome was arranged between Guy and Colbrand the Danish Champion. On his return to Warwick he led the life of an ascetic hermit in a cave at Gibbeclyve, now the village of Guy's Cliffe. Felice ignorant of his return, only found him on his death bed. Shortly after his death Felice jumped from Guy's Cliffe into the Avon, the place is now known as Guy's Leap. Their son Remburn survived them to carry on the family line. |
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| Author | Elliott Brown from Birmingham, United Kingdom |
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