Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red. A field of 888,246 ceramic poppies – an art installation created by ceramic artist Paul Cummins – fills the moat surrounding the Tower of London to mark Remembrance Day, in the year of the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of the First World War. London, November 2014. © Rudolf Abraham. All Rights Reserved.
The title of the work is taken from the opening line of a poem, written by an anonymous soldier of the First World War:
‘The blood swept lands and seas of red,
Where angels dare to tread…’
888,246 is the number of British military fatalities during the First World War.
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An amazing site, beautifully photographed.