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Picture poetry

 Subject

Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Arrosoir, 1984

 Item — Box Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: Finlay, Ian Hamilton: [Barcode: 31858072491461]
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

Six Proposals for the Improvement of Stockwood Park Nurseries in the Borough of Luton, 1986

 Item — Box Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: Finlay, Ian Hamilton: [Barcode: 31858072491461]
Identifier: CC-11753-11971
Scope and Contents

Five prints were adapted by Hinks from drawings by Claude Lorrain (1640, 1642, 1643, 1649). The texts of the tree plaques for this proposal were taken from classical sources in Latin and Greek literature. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986