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The book consists of photographic reproductions of Finlay's picture poem drawings and carvings on stone, viz., drawings by Finlay with Ron Costley & reliefs carved in Portland stone, with John Andrew. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents In September 1973, Finlay writes to Andrews about making picture poems as bronze medals. He describes and includes a small sketch of the USS Enterprise, an American nuclear-powered aircraft carrier with a Greek dome. Finlay's plays off this ultra modern ship with a classic Greek theme, the basic elements of the Universe, Earth, Air, Fire, Water. He conceptualizes the Universe as an Enterprise, the aircraft carrier as Earth sailing in Water which launches Fire-carrying planes into the Air. Finlay continues with an explanation of Whimbrel and Petrel, a one word Elegy to these old sailing barges put out of work with the internal combustion engine - Petrol. The 3rd Medal is based on the one word poem, Through a Dark Wood - Midway. Andrew provides sketches in October 1973 but in a subsequent letter from Finlay that is contained in the Torso Aircraft Carrier Archive, Finlay expressed disappointment with them. He drops this project with John Andrew but continues it to fruition with...

Scope and Contents In an Oct 1973 letter to John Andrew, Finlay begins by clearing up details on the gnomon in the Dividing the Light Sundial project. He then describes Torso Aircraft Carrier & refers to photographs of a wooden torso carrier which had been made in collabora with John Thorpe. He proposes two projects to Andrew, one made in stone as essentially a variation on the wooden version and a sequel titled the Archaic Carrier by using material of rough, crumbled or pitted stone, an Archaic fragment. In Oct 1973, Finlay acknowledges receipt of drawings for the bronze medals from Andrew but is dissatisfied with them, drops this project, and indicates that he wants to restrict his collaboration to the Aircraft Carrier Torso project. He mentions that he intends to site the piece in his front garden beside the Aircraft Carrier Bird-Bath and requests that a light-colored stone be utilized for its fabrication. He states that he will send Andrew a drawing, model airplanes and references (none of...

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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.

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The book comprises 22 black and white photographs of varied numbers of inner toilet paper rolls inscribed with port letters and fishing numbers drawn by John Andrew. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The card depicts a grid of carrier-based aircraft with folded wings. The caption "Lullaby" signifies that the airplanes are not prepared for "sleeping" or when flying and attacking an enemy ship destroy it or put it to "sleep." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The image on the card depicts a line drawing of a sail boat. Finlay defines the title, Mirror, as a boat we can see ourselves in. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The image depicts a silhouette of a submarine conning tower. The card was never distributed in commerce. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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A bollard is a thick low post on a wharf which is used to moor ships with a rope. This book depicts bollards for a decoration of a Scottish Shopping Centre, The Gyle - Edinburgh. Reproductions of drawings are depicted one to a page. Each is inscribed with the name of a ship which also alludes to a poem or quotation generally from classical literature as indicated in footnotes. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This is a b&w photograph from Stonypath garden that depicts a carved stone inscribed "See Poussin Hear Lorrain." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Stephan Bann provides an explanation of the poem in the accompanying leaflet as follows. Thermidor was the month in the French Revolutionary calendar when the summer heat was its most intense, and the grain at its ripest. It was also the month, in 1794, when Robespierre and his followers met their deaths at the guillotine. In the image of this poem, the abrupt cleavage of the word, THER MIDOR, and of the figured sheaf of flowers, suggest the termination of the revolution in its Jacobian sense. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.