Arrival at the Monument at Messines – Unveiling

Title

Arrival at the Monument at Messines – Unveiling

Subject

Opening (event)
Memorials (Monuments)
War Memorials
Battlefields
Architecture (object genre)

Description

General Sir Alexander Godley (left) and Sir James Allen at the unveiling ceremony of the monument at Messines on 1 August 1924

Creator

Photographed by Antony d'Ypres Studio
Slide attributed to Samuel Hurst Seager (1855–1933)

Source

First World War Memorials sub-collection, Lantern Slide Collection, Art History & Theory Visual Resources Collection

Date

c.1924–1925

Rights

No known copyright restrictions

Accession Number

LS.01.0106

Original Format

B & w negative, lantern slide

Materials

Photographic emulsion, glass

Physical Dimensions

82 x 82 x 1mm

Image Dimensions

69 x 59mm (w x h) approx.

Inscription

"PHOTO ANTONY D'YPRES 10827.18", bottom right corner image

Location

Messines (West-Vlaanderen, Belgium)

Associated Person(s)

Maurice Antony (1883–1963)
Robert Antony (1884–1966)
Samuel Hurst Seager (1855–1933)

Collection

Citation

Photographed by Antony d'Ypres Studio Slide attributed to Samuel Hurst Seager (1855–1933), “Arrival at the Monument at Messines – Unveiling,” Illumination & Commemoration, accessed October 10, 2024, http://seagerlanternslides.nz/items/show/115.

Output Formats

Geolocation