sculpture, Sacrifice
Report a Mistake- Object Number 19770315-001
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Event
1914-1919 First World War
1917 Battle of Vimy Ridge
1922-1936 Design and Construction of the Vimy Memorial - Affiliation --
- Artist / Maker / Manufacturer Allward, Walter Seymour
- Date Made 1925-1930
- Place of Use Continent - Europe, Country - France
- Category Communication artifacts
- Sub-category Art
- Department Art and Memorials
- Museum CWM
- Earliest 1925/01/01
- Latest 1930/12/31
- Materials Plaster, Chicken wire, Wood, Burlap
- Person / Institution Associated party, Simson, Colonel Douglas Charles Unwin
- Measurements Height 234.95 cm, Width 100.33 cm, Depth 93.34 cm
- Caption The Vimy Memorial Sculptures
- Additional Information Canadian Walter Allward created these plaster sculptures as part of his design for the Vimy Memorial in France. There are twenty figures altogether, seventeen of which are in the collection of the Canadian War Museum. The statues symbolize the values defended and the sacrifices made by Canadian soldiers in the First World War.