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Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red
''Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red'' was 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.〔("About the installation" ), Tower of London website. Retrieved 17 October 2014〕 The work's title was taken from the first line of a poem by an unknown World War I soldier.
==Background==
The work's title, and Cummins' inspiration for the work, came from a poem by an unknown World War I soldier from Derbyshire, who joined up in the early days of the war and died in Flanders. The poem begins: "The blood swept lands and seas of red, / Where angels dare〔Some sources give "... fear to tread ..."〕 to tread / ... ".〔("The Will of an unnamed soldier" ), SSAFA website (contains full text of poem). Retrieved 9 April 2015〕 The poem was contained in the soldier's unsigned will, found by Cummins among old records in Chesterfield.〔("Poppies to fill Tower of London moat in first world war commemoration" ), ''The Guardian'', 7 May 2014.〕
The Tower of London moat, in which the work was set, was used in the early days of the war as a training ground for City of London workers who had enlisted to fight – the "Stockbrokers' Battalion".〔
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