A dream of Araby.
Primary Artist
Charles Conder (1868–1909)
Title
Source
The carnival set. London: Ernest Brown & Phillips, 1906
Page or Plate number
no.6.
Reference
Dodgson (1913), 19
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
21.4 x 31.0 cm (printed image)
Support
cream laid W. King, Alton Mill paper
Support size
26.0 x 34.2 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
watermark: center right vertical, 'W KING/ ALTON MILL'.
State
published state
Impression
32/50
Edition information
edition of 50
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 32 [faint]'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed verso lower left in black pencil, 'CAT NO 19 / HB440'. Inscribed verso lower right in black pencil, '27'.
Subject description
Oriental fantasy scene of a sultana lying on a couch playing with two birds, an oriental maid watches from nearby. A barque on the sea and a white palace are in the distance.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
106475
Accession number
83.3066
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 3, 1983/84 (1983-09-09)
Provenance
Collection of Sir William Rothenstein, London, England. Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane, 1983
Credit line
Purchased 1983
Country of context
Australia
Notes
Exhibited: Society of Twelve, London, 1904
Creators
Conder, Charles. | (1868–1909) Australian | English | Male | artist
Last Updated
08 Jan 2013