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The images depict realistic flowers captioned with the name of women prominent in the French Revolution, e.g., Marie Antoinette, Albertine Marat, etc. Although Finlay suggests an indebtedness in the title to the German artist Kiefer, the arrangement of the flowers and captions is more suggestive of a print that could have been made by Marcel Broodthaers. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The card depicts 12 images of flowers that are captioned with names of women prominent in the French Revolution such as Marie-Antoinette, Albertine Marat, etc. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The title printed in red is on a reproduction of the Scottish Arts Council stationery and is captioned "Souvenirs of the French Revolution." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Finlay proposes to inscribe each word of the title onto a guillotine blade to be set into three deeply recessed windows of the gallery. The proposal documents his reasons and depicts line drawings. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The etching or woodcut black and white image on the card cover by Hincks is a scene from a fishing village. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents The image of Marat assassinated in his bathtub is based upon a painting by Jacques-Louis David. Wikipedia 2011: During the constitutional monarchy, there were two radical groups vying for power, the Girondins and the Jacobins. Although both groups were more radical in their views than the moderates who had designed the constitutional monarchy, the Girondins were somewhat less radical. In late 1791, the Girondins first emerged as an important power in France. At first the two parties were united in their views. The Girondins were concerned about the plight of the blacks in France's colonies and were instrumental in passing legislation granting equal rights to all free blacks and mulattoes. They wanted the declaration of war against Austria in early 1792 in the hopes that a show of strength would give them leverage with the King. The Jacobins grew increasingly critical of Girondin policies. During the September massacres later that year, the Girondin leaders tried to persuade the...

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The etching or woodcut black and white image on the card cover by Hincks appears to be a scene taken from Finlay's Little Sparta garden. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The etching or woodcut black and white image on the card cover by Hincks depicts a tractor. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The image on this Christmas card is a cross-sectional drawing of a view of a sailing ship. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This card depicts a line drawing of a mid section of a sail boat labeled in black except for the word "carling" that is labeled in red. This word means a short fore-and-aft beam running beside a hatchway, mast hole or other deck opening to support the inner ends of the partial deck beams in way of the opening. The card is dated Christmas 1996 from Little Sparta and the significance of this word poem might relate request support of Finlay's fight against The Stathclyde Region taxation board. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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An image of a dove is printed on the cover of the folder. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The etching or woodcut black and white image on the front and back card covers by Hincks depicts three fishing boats. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The image on the card is a classical pot with a fishnet draped from the top. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The image in black and white is of a classical pot with a fishnet draped from the top. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The image on the card depicts a drawing of the aft section of a sail boat and the citation gives a poetic homage. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The image on this card depicts a line drawing of the foward section of a B-17 bomber of WW II vintage decorated with a female nude near its nose. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The etching or woodcut black and white image on the card cover by Hincks appears to be a scene taken from Finlay's Little Sparta garden. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.