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 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Arrow / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1985

 Item
Identifier: CC-13008-13300
Scope and Contents

This card was published on the second anniversary of Strathclyde region's tax collectors assault on the Finlay's Garden Temple. It includes a diagram that demonstrates the making of a paper arrow and tree with the arrow piercing the tree. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985

Cythera Plan / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Lyle, Peter., 1979

 Item
Identifier: CC-12055-12279
Scope and Contents

This depicts plans for a landscaped version of the poem Cythera first published as a booklet in 1965. The Sackner Archive holds the Archive for this work entitled Botanics "Cythera." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1979

Family Group / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Torok, Karl., 1973

 Item
Identifier: CC-11867-12088
Scope and Contents

The image of the tipped-in print is a landscape of sculptures trees and bushes that Finlay designates with human names, e.g., Gardner, Cousin William?, Mama, etc.in the loose print. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1973

For the Temple of the Greeks Our Homesickness Lasts Forever / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Harvey, Micheal., 1997

 Item
Identifier: CC-33261-34891
Scope and Contents

The image of this picture poem is a stylized, destroyer ship in side view silhouette. The smoke stacks and turrets are labeled with the letters A, B, C, and D. The letters pertain to Greek architectural columns for their temples, viz., Doric, Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite. The poem signifies Finlay's love of the neo-classical period, the architecture in the late 18th and early 19th century prevalent in America and Europe that was characterized by wide-spread use of Greek orders and decorative motifs. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

For the Temples of the Greeks... / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Harvey, Michael., 1995

 Item
Identifier: CC-12961-13253
Scope and Contents

This card compares Greek temples to a stylized line drawing of a battleship with several components named for Greek columns. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

Sail Plan / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Hincks, Gary., 1995

 Item
Identifier: CC-12963-13255
Scope and Contents

Finlay depicts a sail boat and labels parts of the sails as hankies. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995