Béatrix and Calyste.

Lithograph, 16 x 30,5 cm, printed in sanguine on ivory wove paper 28,5 x 35,5 cm; signed and dated in the pl., signed in pencil to the left lower corner (old traces on verso).

Partly mounted on passe-partout.

Young couple walking along a cliff. A scene inspired by H. de Balzac's novel "Béatrix". By Charles Edward Conder (1868-1909), English-born painter and lithographer who emigrated to Australia in 1884; he left Australia in 1890 and spent the rest of his life in Europe, mainly in England but visiting France on many occasions.