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in the form of a cyclorama of the present war conceived by two artists at the start & carried out by themselves & seventeen others. It has taken four years to paint & contains about 2000 personages. Each allied nation is represented by a group of their famous men. France occupies the main position & then England has the finest group. The main point in the picture is a figure of victory & from the background which is the landscape from Ypres to Verdin the armies of the allies are marching towards this statue  to be crowned with victory as they march past. All the main towns are painted in the landscape & named. Many are shown burning in ruins.

The wonderful part about the whole thing is that while it is painted on a flat wall it looks miles deep. Every road & river is painted in & along all the roads you can distinguish transport guns & men

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