Items in this file were created digitally and have not been printed. 'Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red' is a work of installation art placed in the moat of the Tower of London, England, between July and November 2014, commemorating the centenary of the outbreak of World War I. It consisted of 888,246 ceramic red poppies, each intended to represent one British or Colonial serviceman killed in the War. The artist was Paul Cummins, with setting by stage designer Tom Piper.
This is part of the Volume: VF000276 War Memorials; within the Series: EHC01/285 War Memorials; within the Collection: EHC01 English Heritage(EH):Archive
© Historic England Archive
Photographer: Millson-Watkins, Lucy
War Memorial, Art And Design
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