From 'Clerihews for Liberals'
Artist
Ian Hamilton Finlay
(Nassau, Bahamas, 1925 - 2006)
PublisherPublished by
Wild Hawthorn Press
(founded 1961)
Date1987
Object NameCard
Mediumpaper, ink, card
ClassificationsPrints
DimensionsPaper Size: 13.4 x 14.2cm
AcquisitionPresented in 2010 by Joyce Laing OBE.
Copyright© Estate of Ian Hamilton Finlay
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG017640
About MeCard designed by Ian Hamilton Finlay and printed by Wild Hawthorn Press. The front has an illustration of guillotine printed in orange with texts in black as follows.FROM 'CLERIHEWS FOR LIBERALS'
The French Revolution
Scorned circumlocution.
'It depends what you mean'
Meant Madame Guillotine.
Committee of Public Safety, Little Sparta
This card is part of an archive that belonged to Joyce Laing, OBE. The artist, Ian Hamilton Finlay, was a personal friend.
18th Century
