File 193 - [War] Memorial Windows for Medical Building

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[War] Memorial Windows for Medical Building

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CA CAC 1-3-193

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  • 1919 (Creation)

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6 drawings: 3 ink on paper; 3 watercolour on card
2 photographs

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(1910-1944)

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Memorial windows; stained glass.
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Designed by P.E. Nobbs, the windows were executed by the Bromsgrove Guild, Leeds. For description of iconography see McGill News 4(Dec.l922):5.

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The memorial is a handsome stained glass window of three lights placed in the main hall of the first floor, over the main entrance to the building. It was designed by Prof. P.E. Nobbs, and executed by the Bromsgrove Guild, Leeds. The memorial was a gift of the teaching staff of the faculty of medicine. Each light represents a scene recalling the service of one of the men whose memories are honored. The center one, dedicated to Lt. Col. John McCrae, shows row upon row of crosses amid blood red poppies. A jeweled plaque bears a book and quill. The left light, dedicated to Lt. Col. R.P. Campbell, shows a section of the Thiepval Front, where he was killed. The plaque bears a surgeon’s knife, scissors and bandages. The right one, dedicated to Lt. Col. H.B. Yates, shows the town of Boulogne. The plaque bears a microscope. In the center light a radiant sun is rising on the horizon, its rays spreading upward and to each side through the other lights. At the far left is a group of poplars with strings of red maple leaves entwined. At the far right is a similar group of poplars with sprigs of laurel. --“Memorial to the Members of the Teaching Staff of the Faculty of Medicine who Died on Active Service,” McGill News 4 (December 1922) : 5. --

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McGill University, Strathcona Medical Building, Montreal, QC, Canada

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194

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177

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