5129 x 3418 px | 43,4 x 28,9 cm | 17,1 x 11,4 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
20 luglio 2009
Ubicazione:
Vancouver Corner (The Brooding Soldier), St.Julien, Belgium
Altre informazioni:
The Canadian Brooding Soldier memorial at Vancouver Corner, St.Julien, Belgium. This view shows the full height of the memorial. In 1920, the Canadian Battlefield Monument Commission decided to erect memorials at St.Julien, Hill 62, Courcelette, Vimy, Passchendaele, Le Quesnel, Dury and Bourlon Wood. It was decided that Vimy would act as the National Memorial and have a unique design. The other seven would be marked with identical memorials. A competition was held to choose an architect to desigh the monuments. Walter Allward of Toronto was chosen for Vimy's unique memorial and Frederick C. Clemesha of Regina took second place. Clemesha's design, "The brooding soldier, " was built at St-Julien and had such as stark effect at its unveiling in 1923 that the Monument Commission decided it also should remain unique. (Source: wo1.be)
