17 July – 11 November 2014
888,246 poppies were gradually displayed in the moat around the Tower of London, one for every British or Colonial life lost at the Front during the First World War.
‘Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red’ – poppies and original concept by artist Paul Cummins and installation designed by Tom Piper – by Paul Cummins Ceramics Limited in conjunction with Historic Royal Palaces.
Image credit
1&2. Richard Lea-Hair and Historic Royal Palaces
3. John Shevlin & Historic Royal Palaces, from The Shard