Emplacement
Rond-point Churchill
Type d'objet
Matériaux
- métal > bronze (sculpture)
- matières minérales > béton (socle : dalles de béton)
- matières minérales > pierre > pierre bleue (socle)
Inscriptions
"NEMON"
(signature en bas-arrière de la sculpture)
"Cette statue/ inaugurée le 4 octobre 1967 / par S.A.R. la Princesse Margaret / en présence de S.A.R. le Prince Albert / a été érigée / à l'initiative de la Belgo-British Union / animée par / Jacques Solvay, Président / Cte du Monceau de Bergendal, V.Président / Etienne Gutt, Secr. Gal et Alain Camu" (à l'arrière du socle)
"WINSTON CHURCHILL / A TRIBUTE / WHEN EARS WERE DEAF AND TONGUES WERE MUTE, / YOU TOLD OF DOOM TO COME / WHEN OTHERS FINGERED ON THE FLUTE, / YOU THUNDERED ON THE DRUM / WHEN ARMIES MARCHED AND CITIES BURNED / AND ALL YOU SAID CAME TRUE,/ THOSE WHO HAD MOCKED YOUR WARNINGS TURNED /ALMOST TOO LATE TO YOU THEN DOUBT GAVE WAY TO GRIM BELIEF / AND THROUGH FIVE CRUEL YEARS / YOU GAVE US GLORY IN OUR GRIEF,/ AND LAUGHTER THROUGH OUR TEARS WHEN FINAL HONOURS ARE BESTOWED / AND LAST ACCOUNTS ARE DONE, / THEN SHALL WE KNOW HOW MUCH WAS OWED / BY ALL THE WORLD TO ONE DUFF COOPER" (avant du socle)
"Cette statue/ inaugurée le 4 octobre 1967 / par S.A.R. la Princesse Margaret / en présence de S.A.R. le Prince Albert / a été érigée / à l'initiative de la Belgo-British Union / animée par / Jacques Solvay, Président / Cte du Monceau de Bergendal, V.Président / Etienne Gutt, Secr. Gal et Alain Camu" (à l'arrière du socle)
"WINSTON CHURCHILL / A TRIBUTE / WHEN EARS WERE DEAF AND TONGUES WERE MUTE, / YOU TOLD OF DOOM TO COME / WHEN OTHERS FINGERED ON THE FLUTE, / YOU THUNDERED ON THE DRUM / WHEN ARMIES MARCHED AND CITIES BURNED / AND ALL YOU SAID CAME TRUE,/ THOSE WHO HAD MOCKED YOUR WARNINGS TURNED /ALMOST TOO LATE TO YOU THEN DOUBT GAVE WAY TO GRIM BELIEF / AND THROUGH FIVE CRUEL YEARS / YOU GAVE US GLORY IN OUR GRIEF,/ AND LAUGHTER THROUGH OUR TEARS WHEN FINAL HONOURS ARE BESTOWED / AND LAST ACCOUNTS ARE DONE, / THEN SHALL WE KNOW HOW MUCH WAS OWED / BY ALL THE WORLD TO ONE DUFF COOPER" (avant du socle)
Numéro d'inventaire
EP19
Identifiant Urban
44197
Description
La gestion de cette œuvre est prise en charge par les services de Bruxelles Mobilité (Région de Bruxelles-Capitale)
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