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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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 images depict realistic flowers captioned with the name of women prominent in the French Revolution, e.g., Marie Antoinette, Albertine Marat, etc. Although Finlay suggests an indebtedness in the title to the German artist Kiefer, the arrangement of the flowers and captions is more suggestive of a print that could have been made by Marcel Broodthaers. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The card depicts 12 images of flowers that are captioned with names of women prominent in the French Revolution such as Marie-Antoinette, Albertine Marat, etc. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Finlay proposes to inscribe each word of the title onto a guillotine blade to be set into three deeply recessed windows of the gallery. The proposal documents his reasons and depicts line drawings. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents The image of Marat assassinated in his bathtub is based upon a 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...

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This card depicts a line drawing of a mid section of a sail boat labeled in black except for the word "carling" that is labeled in red. This word means a short fore-and-aft beam running beside a hatchway, mast hole or other deck opening to support the inner ends of the partial deck beams in way of the opening. The card is dated Christmas 1996 from Little Sparta and the significance of this word poem might relate request support of Finlay's fight against The Stathclyde Region taxation board. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The image on the card is a classical pot with a fishnet draped from the top. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The image in black and white is of a classical pot with a fishnet draped from the top. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This print depicts an image of an aged but still sharp-edged guillotine blade inscribed with a Latin line from Virgil's Aeneid. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This poem deals with recycling paper to preserve the environment. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The image of this print is adapted from a self portrait by Vladimir Tatlin. The coplete text reads "Sailors! Revolutionaries! Learn from you boldness!" -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Depicts image of scythes whose blades becomes transformed into a lightening flash, a metaphor for the French revolution. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Depicts seven flattened paper, seed packets with identical images om one side, a watering can and flowers; the name of seven leaders of the French revolution is a metaphor for the seeds, e.g., Robespierre, Saint-Just, Couthin, etc. On the other side of the packet, a tri-color ribbon is attached to the middle of a tombstone. These packets have outlines to allow cutting and folding to form a three dimensional seed packet. They are a metaphor to the events of the French revolution. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The image in this poem has been modified from a figurative painting by Puvis de Chavnannes through addition of a French republican tricolor button to the mast of his boat. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Thermodor indicates a name of the month during the French Republican calendar. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Drpicts symbols of the French Revolution, watering-can, altar, and teapot. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This poem is entitled Des Esseintes and reads The muddied- colours of - the mouthwash - cocktails. The title translate in English to boredom. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.