26 Jul CITRON BLUE. (AFTER A DETAIL IN A PAINTING BY WILLIAM GILLIES). 1994.

Little Sparta: Wild Hawthorn Press, n.d. (1994) 63 x 51 cm, blue on white offset lithograph displaying a boat in blue. The drawing by Gary Hincks and after a detail from a painting by WIlliam Gillies.
Yet another example of Finlay's intense interest in maritime affairs and the title reflects other works where the poet compares boats to lemons - even blue lemons.
As I write these words I can walk outside my back garden and see William Gillies's former house in Temple, Midlothian.

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