The Tunnellers’ Friends - Memorial Chamber - Ottawa, Ontario
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Weathervane
N 45° 25.488 W 075° 41.972
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These separate relief sculptures of animals that served during the war were based on designs by John A. Pearson and sculpted by Cléophas Soucy. They are located over the doorway leading to the Memorial Chamber in the Peace Tower.
Waymark Code: WMXB32
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 12/20/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member lumbricus
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Long Description:
Title: The Tunnellers' Friends
Object name: Tympanum
Artist: John A. Pearson
Sculptor/Stone carver: Cléophas Soucy
Date: 1927
Material: Indiana limestone
Dimensions: 104 x 204 cm

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Over the doorway leading to the Memorial Chamber in the Peace Tower, this tympanum pays tribute to animals that served during the war – reindeer, pack mules, carrier pigeons, horses, dogs, canaries and mice.

The inscription reads:
The tunnellers’ friends, the humble beasts that served and died.
Les amis des sapeurs ces humbles bêtes de somme qui moururent pour la cause.

Reference: (visit link)
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Date Sculpture was opened for vewing?: 01/01/1927

Website for sculpture?: [Web Link]

Where is this sculpture?:
111 Wellington St
Ottawa, ON Canada


Sculptors Name: Cléophas Soucy

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