The photgraph depicts an inscription carved on black Belgian Marble. It recounts the attempt to create a new Republican Calendar during the French Revolution. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The image is a sailing ship with its bow pointed in a direction toward the rear of the plane. The poem lists names of Scottish persons whom Finlay knew that presumably recently died. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The image on the cover of the card is a tire hanging on a portion of rope, -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The image of a sailboat with a small toy sailboat on its stern, is surrounded by text which reads "Elegy for 'Whimbel' and 'Petrel': Petrol." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The image in shades of brown-grays, tipped to the inside of the card, depicts a sailing ship with hoists resembling bird beaks. The foreground shows the sea with smudges resembling an oil slick. In the background is a shore line. No birds appear in t perhaps because petrol leaks from an oil tanker have contaminated their feeding environment. Whimbrel and Petrel are sea shore birds which might be rendered extinct because of lack of attention to oil spills - hence the use of "Elegy" in the title. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The image on this card is a color photograph of a grave marker sculpture in Finlay's garden with nearby elf dolls. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This is a duplicate print from Finlay's portfolio Headlines:Eavelines. It was probably drawn by John Furnival. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The Emblem depicted as a hatched fragment of cloth(?), pierced by a sewing needle with thread attached to it, is dedicated to Pia [Simig] with the caption, "Your neddle and thread - in the sail of my Zulu." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The poem consists of two acrostics based upon the word, Flute. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The image of the watercolor tipped into the back cover of the folder appears to be an abstract landscape. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This book is identical to the edition published by Frankfurter Kunstverein except that the colophon is printed in English rather than German. Both editions are held by the Sackner Archive. The poems, printed one to a page, are left in white on different colored backgrounds of narrow rectangles. Some of the poems have also been issued as cards or prints. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This book is identical to the edition published by Exempla/Exit except that the colophon is printed in German rather than English in the first printing. Both editions are held by the Sackner Archive. The poems, printed one to a page, are left in white on different colored backgrounds of narrow rectangles. Some of the poems have also been issued as cards or prints. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This book is identical to the edition published by Exempla/Exit except that the colophon is printed in German rather than English in the first printing. Both editions are held by the Sackner Archive. The poems, printed one to a page, are left in white on different colored backgrounds of narrow rectangles. Some of the poems have also been issued as cards or prints. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This poem is an attack on the intelligence of the British Arts Council, presumably relating to a Finlay proposal or a grant request. The poem reads, For 'mind' read 'void'. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The words 'er' and 'sie' within the poems of this book are printed in bold typeface. The poems consist of lists of words in alphabetical format. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The words 'er' and 'sie' within the poems of this book are printed in bold typeface. The poems consist of lists of words in alphabetical format. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The poem lists names of ships along with names of major oil refinery companies. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Depicts a carved in stone image of an armored vehicle in a landscape scene with an additional caption, "After Nicholas Poussin." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.