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The poems are printed on different colored paper stock and deal with Finlay's rejected commission for the city of Paris. Several are quotes from French revolutionary protagonists while others are vintage Finlay, e.g., "One speaks cynically of Fair Play till one has had to deal with the French, Since 1944 Paris has been occupied by the French, Allegation, n. in France, an Occupational hazard." etc. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This is a polemic against Headley and Meulenkamp, the authors of "Follies: A National Trust Guide." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The photgraph depicts an inscription carved on black Belgian Marble. It recounts the attempt to create a new Republican Calendar during the French Revolution. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The image in shades of brown-grays, tipped to the inside of the card, depicts a sailing ship with hoists resembling bird beaks. The foreground shows the sea with smudges resembling an oil slick. In the background is a shore line. No birds appear in t perhaps because petrol leaks from an oil tanker have contaminated their feeding environment. Whimbrel and Petrel are sea shore birds which might be rendered extinct because of lack of attention to oil spills - hence the use of "Elegy" in the title. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This poem is an attack on the intelligence of the British Arts Council, presumably relating to a Finlay proposal or a grant request. The poem reads, For 'mind' read 'void'. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The poem lists names of ships along with names of major oil refinery companies. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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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 word "European' is printed in yellow and the word "Heads" in red. The latter is printed upside down. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents The poem is printed in red with folded paper shaped like an arrow. It was printed on the Second Anniversary of the First Battle of Little Sparta and its slogan relates to Finlay's dispute with the local tax collectors. Wikipedia: Ludwig Andreas von Feuerbach (July 28, 1804 "“ September 13, 1872) was a German philosopher and anthropologist best known for his book The Essence of Christianity, which provided a critique of Christianity which strongly influenced generations of later thinkers, including both Karl Marx and Frederich Engels. Feuerbach was the fourth son of the eminent jurist Paul Johann Anselm Ritter von Feuerbach, brother of mathematician Karl Wilhelm Feuerbach and uncle of painter Anselm Feuerbach. An associate of Left Hegelian circles, Feuerbach advocated for liberalism, atheism and materialism. Many of his philosophical writings offered a critical analysis of religion. His thought was influential in the development of dialectical materialism, where he is often...

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The full text of the card reads, Fewer Sculptures! More Statues! Live Ammunition in Community Arts! -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The text "Barr the traitor reads his sentence" is illustrated by a hand holding a plumed pen and writing a French political message refers to Finlay's problem with the citation of the Garden Temple in Ian Barr's (Chairman of the Saltire Society - motto Scotland) sponsorship of a book on Architectural Follies in Scotland. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This poem is a proposal for the text of a stone sculpture. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The texts relate to Finlay's dispute with the tax collectors in his region. Finlay's book on prints 1963-1997 depicts the prints in black on a grey background. The prints here are printed in red and black. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The subtitle is "February 4. Nothing." The caption reads, 'On the evening of the terrible day of the taking of the Bastille, Louis XVI contented himself with writing in the journal, to which he confided his daily impressions, the strange, incredible, impossible word, NOTHING!' -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The card depicts an image of a Guillotine captioned, "The French Revolution - Scorned circumlocution - 'It depends upon what you mean' - Meant Madame Guillotine." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The word "Poire" meaning Pear is printed on brown paper stock and the word "Loire" a region of France on blue paper stock. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The poem consists of a quotation by Mathier commenting on Robespierre. It is printed in an italicized white text on a black background. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Gywn Headley, the author of "Follies, A National Trust Guide," made disparaging comments about Finlay's Temple Garden. The image depicts a bust of his severed head held by a human hand. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.