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Political poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 45 Collections and/or Records:

3 Banners / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Hincks, Gary., 1992

 Item
Identifier: CC-12393-12619
Scope and Contents

Depicts three scythes with same handle but different blades, viz., a lightening bolt that evolves to a sickle from left to right. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

A Book of Wild Flowers / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; Hincks, Gary., 1994

 Item
Identifier: CC-12650-12882
Scope and Contents

Published on Christmas day 1994. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994

A Modest Hero / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Hincks, Gary., 1986

 Item
Identifier: CC-12092-12316
Scope and Contents

The image depicts the Arrosoir (Watering-can) among flowers, the name of the day in the Republican calendar that the Robespierrists were gullotined during the French revolution. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986

Abraham a Santa Clara / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Hincks, Gary., 1991

 Item
Identifier: CC-12999-13291
Scope and Contents

The illustration by Hincks depicts a reaper blade that evolves to a thunderbolt over three images. It has a related caption regarding the French revolution. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

After Bernini / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Hincks, Gary., 1987

 Item
Identifier: CC-12367-12593
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1987

After John Flaxman R.A. / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Hincks, Gary., 1980

 Item
Identifier: CC-12062-12286
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1980

Apollo and Daphne: Design for a Wall (1) / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Costley, Ron; Hincks, Gary., 1992

 Item
Identifier: CC-12375-12601
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1992

Apollo and Daphne: Design for a Wall (2) / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Costley, Ron; Hincks, Gary., 1992

 Item
Identifier: CC-58404-10001621
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1992

Arrosoir: A Regeneration / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Hincks, Gary., 1984

 Item
Identifier: CC-12110-12334
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1984

Arrosoir / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Hincks, Gary., 1984

 Item
Identifier: CC-56034-9999486
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1984

Bal des Victimes / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Hincks, Gary., 1989

 Item
Identifier: CC-10976-11188
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1989

Betula Pendula 2 / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Hincks, Gary., 1978

 Item
Identifier: CC-12032-12255
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1978

Betula Pendula / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Hincks, Gary., 1977

 Item
Identifier: CC-12153-12377
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1977

Betula Pendula / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Hincks, Gary., 1977

 Item
Identifier: CC-12156-12380
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1977

Bicentenary Tricolour , 1989

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Identifier: CC-10992-11206
Scope and Contents

The poem on the French tricolor flag reads, "Liberty for Some; Equality for Some; Fraternity for Some" rather than "for All." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989

Bicentenary Tricolour / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Hincks, Gary., 1989

 Item
Identifier: CC-12365-12591
Scope and Contents

Image depicts the French Tricolored Flag with inscription, Liberty for some, Equality for some, and Fraternity with some. This epithat refers to the rejection of Finlay's commission by the city of Paris. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989

Bouquet / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Hincks, Gary., 1993

 Item
Identifier: CC-11068-11283
Scope and Contents

Image depicts a whellbarrow with heads in an abstract presentation presumably an imagined scene from the French revolution. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

Christmas 1993 (After John Flaxman R.A.) / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Hincks, Gary., 1993

 Item
Identifier: CC-11066-11281
Scope and Contents

John Flaxman (175-1826) was a British-born Swedenborgian sculptor, painter, designer and illustrator. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993