Title
Program for the unveiling of the Blackburn War Memorial in the Corporation Park, Blackburn
circa 1924
Artist
The Standard Press
circa 1870 – circa 1930
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Details
- Place where the work was made
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Blackburn
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Lancashire
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England
- Date
- circa 1924
- Media category
- Book
- Materials used
- bound book: 10 leaves, commercially printed in black and white
- Dimensions
- 22.0 x 14.0 cm sheet
- Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- National Art Archive. Gift of the artist's granddaughter, Pauline Kraay, 2012
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- ARC354.5.4
- Copyright
- Artist information
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The Standard Press
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About
Bertram Mackennal's Blackburn War Memorial 1924 is located in Corporation Park, Blackburn, Lancashire in the United Kingdom. The group of bronze figures were commissioned in 1923 and unveiled in August 1924.
Pauline Kraay, the artist's granddaughter, wrote about this work: 'The idea portrayed in the bronze group is "the son, returning war-worn after the conflict, received by the Motherland, supported by her, and led to Peace". The base supporting the memorial is of white Stancliffe Stone, from Darley Dale, and is inscribed with the following words in bronze lettering: "In Remembrance 1914-1918"'.