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Image Not Available for Correspondence from Ian Hamilton Finlay to Joyce Laing
Correspondence from Ian Hamilton Finlay to Joyce Laing
Image Not Available for Correspondence from Ian Hamilton Finlay to Joyce Laing

Correspondence from Ian Hamilton Finlay to Joyce Laing

Recipient (Aberdeen, Scotland, 1939 - 2022)
Sender (Nassau, Bahamas, 1925 - 2006)
Date1994
Object NameCorrespondence
Mediumpaper, ink
ClassificationsMemorabilia
DimensionsEnvelope Size: 16 x 22.4cm
Paper Sizes: 29.7 x 21cm, 25.8 x 21cm
AcquisitionPresented in 2010 by Joyce Laing OBE.
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG017362.95
About MeThis letter is part of an archive that belonged to Joyce Laing OBE. The artist, Ian Hamilton Finlay, was a personal friend and sent her an example of each new poem print and multiple as it was made.
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
1882
Walter Hood & Co.
17 February 1866
WINDSOR CASTLE
DUTHIE
December 1869
GALERNA
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
24 November 1927
VENDAVAL
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
27 December 1928
Alexander HALL & Co.
January 1870
"Thermopylae" - Clipper Ship
Aberdeen White Star Line (George Thompson & Co)
1868
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
1893
FAIRTRY
John Lewis & Sons
1954
Large Painted Charger
Meissen
1850 - 1899
'I sing for the Muses and myself'
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1990