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ArtistDesigned/Sent by Ian Hamilton Finlay (Nassau, Bahamas, 1925 - 2006)

RecipientReceived by Joyce Laing (Aberdeen, Scotland, 1939 - 2022)

PrinterPrinted by Wild Hawthorn Press (founded 1961)

Date1998

Object NameCard

Mediumcard, ink

ClassificationsPrints

DimensionsPaper Size: 9.7 x 15cm

AcquisitionPresented in 2010 by Joyce Laing OBE.

LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub

Object numberABDAG017557

About MeCard designed by Ian Hamilton Finlay and printed on both sides of green card by the Wild Hawthorn Press. It features the following text:

(front)

Over 200 Flowers served as convoy escorts in WW2

(back)

Fact Card 1
Ian Hamilton Finlay
Wild Hawthorn Press

This work 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.
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The "Flowers" refer to the Flower-class corvettes, small warships designed to protect Allied supply and troop convoys from attacks by German submarines.

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