Primary Artist

Charles Conder (1868–1909)

Title

Invitation card: A fancy-dress party at the artist's house.

Reference

Dodgson (1913), 36

Date made

1905

Place made

London, Greater London, England View on map Close map

Category

Print

Print type

planographic

Technique

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

Matrix size

15.8 x 24.7 cm (printed image)

Support

brown cardboard

Support size

17.8 x 26.6 cm (sheet)

Edition information

Printed in black

Inscriptions or device by others involved in the works production

Inscribed lower centre in black crayon, 'Mr & Mrs Gregory Hast'.

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed verso upper centre, diagonal, in black pencil, 'Mount/ 14 3/4 x 10'. Inscribed verso of mount [now removed], 'Fancy dress party: Saturday 18th February 1905 at 9 o'clock. Artist's address: 91 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea'. Inscribed verso of mount (now removed) upper centre in blue ballpoint pen, 'probably not (cream slip?)/ dark grey? brown mount/ silver black frame?'. Inscribed verso of mount (now removed) centre diagonal in black pencil, 'M. CARTER [ CARTER underlined]'. Inscribed verso of mount (now removed) lower left diagonal in black pencil, 'R3545/ 649 291/2/ RUST M5/ 12/3/7[?]6 13 3/4 X 10 3/4/ N/POSS'.

Subject description

Decorative frame around a group of men and women in fancy dress costumes.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

75677

Accession number

80.2241

Accession method

Purchase

Meeting

Meeting 2, 1980/81 (1980-09-09)

Provenance

Collection Mr and Mrs Gregory Hast, London, England. Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Thirty Victoria Street, Potts Point, Sydney, 9 September 1980

Credit line

Purchased 1980

Country of context

Australia

Notes

Fancy dress party: Saturday 18th February 1905 at 9 o'clock. Artist's address: 91 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea Inscriptions: Inscribed reverse mount, now removed, u.c., blue ballpoint pen "probably not (cream slip?)/ dark grey? brown mount/ silver black frame?". Inscribed reverse mount, now removed, centre diagonal, pencil " M. CARTER [ CARTER underlined]". Inscribed reverse mount, now removed, l.l.- l.c. diagonal, pencil "R3545/ 649 291/2/ RUST M5/ 12/3/7[?]6 13 3/4 X 10 3/4/ N/POSS".

Creators

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

Last Updated

08 Jan 2013