Invitation card: Mr and Mrs Edmund Davis request the pleasure.

Primary Artist

Charles Conder (1868–1909)

Title

Invitation card: Mr and Mrs Edmund Davis request the pleasure.

Reference

Dodgson (1913), 35

Date made

1904

Place made

Europe, England, Greater London, London View on map Close map

Finding location.

Loading map tiles.

Unfortunately the location could not be loaded.

Category

Print

Print type

planographic

Technique

transfer-lithograph, printed in warm black ink, from one stone

Matrix size

16.2 x 23.0 cm (printed image)

Support

thin cardboard

Support size

18.5 x 25.2 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

no manufacturer's mark

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

no inscriptions

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed verso upper right corner in black pencil, '[illeg] 35 DODGSON'.

Subject description

A gentleman on the right, in a white pierrotÂ’s dress, holds in his right hand the strings that regulate the antics of a crowd of puppets on the floor. The lady standing near him has just taken off her mask; a harlequin stands behind them, at whose feet is the signature CONDER. There is an ornamental border to the design. [Dodgson (1913)]

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

78699

Accession number

84.1342

Accession method

Curator's allowance

Meeting

Meeting 3, 1984/85 (1984-09-11)

Provenance

Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane, 1984.

Credit line

Purchased 1984

Subject category

Australia, Printed ephemera: Invitation

Country of context

Australia

Notes

Fancy dress party: Saturday, December 10th 1904 at 8 o'clock at 13 Lansdowne Road, Chelsea, London, England.

Creators

Conder, Charles. | (1868–1909) Australian | English | Male | artist

Last Updated

08 Jan 2013