L'entree en scene.
Primary Artist
Charles Conder (1868–1909)
Title
Source
The carnival set. London: Ernest Brown & Phillips, 1906
Page or Plate number
no.5
Reference
Dodgson (1913), 17
Date made
1904
Date details
1906, Published
Place made
Europe, England, Greater London, London View on map Close map
Category
Print type
planographic
Technique
transfer-lithograph, printed in red ink, from one stone
Matrix size
22.0 x 30.8 cm (printed image)
Support
cream laid W King, Alton Mill paper
Support size
29.4 x 38.0 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
watermark: centre vertical, 'W KING/ ALTON MILL'.
State
published state
Impression
26/50
Edition information
Printed in red
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below image in black pencil, 'Charles Conder'. Not dated. Inscribed lower right below image in black pencil, 'No 26'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed lower right in black pencil, '6 [encircled]'. Inscribed lower left, vertical, in black pencil, '8'. Inscribed verso upper left - upper centre in black pencil, 'The Carnival - very Rare - signed/ 5 guineas'. Inscribed verso lower right in black pencil, '6 [encircled]'.
Subject description
Group of men and women in carnival costume including Columbine, Harlequin, a masked woman and a Pantaloon.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
48319
Accession number
46.29
Accession method
Purchase
Provenance
Redfern Gallery, London [?] Mrs A. Cecil Lawson, London [?] The inscriptions on this print (and that of NGA 1980.2238, 'The green room') are in the handwriting of Lawson. Purchased by the Commonwealth Art Advisory Board (C.A.A.B.), by 1946.
Country of context
Australia
Notes
Provenance attributed to Mrs A Cecil Lawson, through inscriptions on this print and that of NGA 1980.2238, The green room. The inscriptions are in the same hand. Exhibited: Society of Twelve, London, 1904
Creators
Conder, Charles. | (1868–1909) Australian | English | Male | artist