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The image of a classical Greek temple fronted by trees is based upon a quotation from Milton's "The Passion" viz., The gentle neighborhood of GROVE and spring, Would soon unbosum all their echos mild..." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The card depicts a WWI fighting air plane on its upper half and a sailing barge on its lower half. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The image on this card reproduces a stamp for the exhibition, "Imagined Lands" at the City Art Centre in Edinburgh, 1996. It depicts the name of an old fishing boat and the new European Union type of fishboxes as a comment on the decline in the national fisheries. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The back cover of the card reads, "Valentine." The flower at the beginning of each phrase of the poem is depicted in frontal view. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents The image was taken from the 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 crowds out of their bloody attacks....

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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 image on the cover is a line drawing of the hull of a fishing boat. Finlay notes that Henry Riviere, a French painter and printmaker, 1964-1951, had as his favorite subjects the 'chaloupes' of the Breton sardine fishery. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The loose sheet indicates that the original version of this poem was done in 1971 as a screen print. The name of the little drummer boy, Viala as in this poem or Bara?, who when ordered to call "Vive le Roi," called "Vive la Republique." The painting of this moment was done by Jean-Louis David (1794) but Finlay has used an image of a sailing ship with the name, Little Drummer Boy. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This copy is missing the photocopied loose sheet. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Hovis is England's most famous brown bread brand. The first page depicts a line drawing of a bread loaf placed on a brown square, the second page a line drawing of a brick placed on a brown square and the third page a line drawing of a sail placed on a brown square. All have been labeled "Hovis." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The poem that reads, "Brilliant blazing bonfire" in English and French is illustrated with an engraving by Hincks. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The line drawing on the cover depicts a toy airplane suspended by a fishing rod above a patch of leaves. The poem reads, Rows of beans - And one old bomber - To scare the birds. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The layout of the image resembles the collages done by Edlich (1944-1989). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The print depicts a jar with three toy propellers, "Keilkraft Propellers" (1997), as in another card by Finlay and Hincks. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Joseph Bara was the name of the little drummer boy of the French revolution and the image is adapted from a cubist painting by Gris entitled "Drummer." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The line drawing on the cover depicts a still life after Ben Nicholson, "Three Mugs and a Bowl." The title refers to the toy propellers in the bowl. A similar image of the propellers was drawn in the silkscreen print by Finlay and Hincks, "Jar" 1997 -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The image of this print was done by Hincks after a painting by Ben Nicholson, "Three Mugs and Bowl." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Two versions of a landscape by Johann Christian Reinhart are altered by the words Xaipe and W ave inscribed into stones in the foreground. The former means hail or farewell in Greek and ave in the latter picture means the same in Latin. The addition of w creating the word wave relates to the flowing spring. There is a stone in Finlay's garden inscribed WAVE/ave. Printed by the Stellar Press. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.