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In this subject from "The Sorrows of the Young Werther," the hero encounters Charlotte caring for younger siblings after they have lost their mother. Goethe's epistolary novel centers on their ensuing tragic love story. Published in Leipzig in 1774, the text appeared in English in 1779 and is considered a key early Romantic text.
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Title: The First Interview of Werther and Charlotte
Engraver:
John Raphael Smith (British, baptized Derby 1751–1812 Doncaster)
Artist:
After Henry William Bunbury (British, Mildenhall, Suffolk 1750–1811 Keswick, Cumberland)
Publisher:
John Raphael Smith (British, baptized Derby 1751–1812 Doncaster)
Subject:
Related author Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (German, Frankfurt am Main 1749–1832 Weimar, Saxe-Weimar)
Date: October 16, 1782
Medium: Stipple and etching with hand-coloring
Dimensions: Sheet (clipped within plate): 13 3/4 × 16 1/8 in. (35 × 40.9 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gertrude and Thomas Jefferson Mumford Collection, Gift of Dorothy Quick Mayer, 1942
Accession Number: 42.119.66
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