The maypole.
Primary Artist
Charles Conder (1868–1909)
Title
Other titles
The Spirit of May
Reference
Dodgson (1913), 25
Date made
1905
Place made
Europe, England, Greater London, London View on map Close map
Category
Print type
planographic
Technique
transfer-lithograph, printed in black ink, from one stone
Matrix size
29.0 x 38.8 cm (printed image)
Support
cream laid W King, Alton Mill paper
Support size
31.2 x 41.4 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
watermark: centre vertical, image of a coat of arms with crown & hunting horn /' W K'.
Edition information
Printed in sanguine and black
Subject description
Town scene with men erecting a maypole in centre, partly dressed women in the foreground and town with bridge over river in distance.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
103984
Accession number
77.65.7
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 8, 1976/77 (1977-03-10)
Provenance
Purchased from Thirty Victoria Street, Potts Point,Sydney, 10 March 1977.
Credit line
Purchased 1977
Country of context
Australia
Notes
Exhibited: Society of Twelve, London, 1905 as 'The Spirit of May'.
Creators
Conder, Charles. | (1868–1909) Australian | English | Male | artist
Last Updated
04 Jan 2013