Care for our finest landscape poet
AssociatedAssociated with
Ian Hamilton Finlay
(Nassau, Bahamas, 1925 - 2006)
PublisherPublished by
Scotsman
WriterWritten by
Alasdair Gray
Date1988
Object NameNewspaper Article
Mediumnewsprint
ClassificationsMemorabilia
DimensionsPaper Size: 16 x 22.5cm
AcquisitionPresented in 2010 by Joyce Laing OBE.
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG017359.165
About MeTwo letters to the editor dated 14 April 1988 relating to Ian Hamilton Finlay's politics and the accusations of fascism that led to the loss of his commission to design a garden at Versailles commemorating the bicentennial of the Declaration of the Rights of Man.This newspaper cutting is part of an archive that belonged to Joyce Laing, OBE. The artist, Ian Hamilton Finlay, was a personal friend.
