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The image and caption on this card deal with the sinking of a wooden model in 1994 of the Nazi warship "Prince Eugen." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This print depicts a confident Apollo,a metaphor for the French revolutionary leaders, and a frightened Daphne, a symbol of the beginning Republic as indicated by her wrappings of the French Tricolor flag. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Christmas card from Finlay. John Flaxman (1755-1826) was a British-born Swedenborgian sculptor, painter, designer and illustrator. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Depicts a landscape image from a Greek classic but the caption deals with an allied air raid in progress. John Flaxman (1755-1826) was a British-born Swedenborgian sculptor, painter, designer and illustrator. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents The card consists of two similar images that depict a Palladian inspired house at a distance from a tree lined foreground. The captions of one image is "Palladian" referring to the house and of the other "Picturesque" to the more complex landscape. Wikipedia 2011: Thomas Hearne (1744 "“ 13 April 1817) was an English landscape painter, engraver and illustrator. Hearne was born at Brinkworth near Malmesbury in Wiltshire. He came in his teens to London, and had to work as a pastry cook, but in 1763 was awarded a premium by the Society of Arts. In 1765 he was apprenticed to Liam Woollett, the engraver, with whom he stayed for six years. In 1771 he travelled to the Leeward Islands with the newly-appointed Governor-General, Sir Ralph Payne. He remained there for three-and-a-half years, making drawings of the characteristic features of the islands. This work also employed him for two years after his return to London in 1775, and turned the direction of his art from engraving to...

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The image on the cover is Roseby Willow-Herb that is also the poem. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The image on the cover depicts a flotilla of sail boats. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This poem, based on "Il Pleut" by Apollinaire, has drawings of little leaves instead of the letters. This symbolizes the falling of leaves in the fall rather than rain as in the original poem. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This poem, based on "Il Pleut" by Apollinaire, has drawings of little leaves instead of the letters. This symbolizes the falling of leaves in the fall rather than rain as in the original poem. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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In this version of the print the figures of Apollo in red and Daphne in green are combined into a green tree. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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In this version of the print the figures of Apollo and Daphne are outlined in black and are combined into an outlined tree all against the image of a drawn black brick wall. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Arrosoir means watering-can, a still-life depicted on this card. The caption under this image states, "The Robespierrists were guillotined on Arrosoir, Watering-can, in Thermidor, Month of Heat (Republican Calendar, 1792-1806). Baveuf described Robespierre as 'the genius in whom resided truly regenerative ideas...' The loose sheet enclosed with this card rales against the Strathclyde tax collectors for seizure of Finlay's property from the Temple. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Arrosoir means watering-can, a still-life depicted on this card. The caption under this image states, "The Robespierrists were guillotined on Arrosoir, Watering-can, in Thermidor, Month of Heat (Republican Calendar, 1792-1806). Baveuf described Robespierre as 'the genius in whom resided truly regenerative ideas...' The image of the watering can is depicted with a black ribbon. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The print depicts a combination of red and black typewriter ribbons unspooled from two spools. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This depicts the sky with white clouds and trails of white smoke from fighter planes' exhausts. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The title and line drawn image of a ship on the front of this card refer to the British naval corvette ships of the Flower class. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This depicts an armored tank among Silver Birch trees. It contrasts with the first version in that the first had tree leaves immeshed in the netting over the tank. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Betula Pendula refers to Silver Birch. The image of this drawing is the outline of an armored tank camouflaged by netting covered with tree leaves. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Betula Pendula refers to Silver Birch. The image on this card is an armored tank camouflaged by netting covered with tree leaves. A sketch of this image is also held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.