The First Interview of Werther and Charlotte
John Raphael Smith|John Raphael Smith|Johann Wolfgang von Goethe|Henry William Bunbury
October 16, 1782 · Stipple and etching with hand-coloring · Drawings and Prints
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.
- Artist
- John Raphael Smith|John Raphael Smith|Johann Wolfgang von Goethe|Henry William Bunbury
- Date
- October 16, 1782
- Medium
- Stipple and etching with hand-coloring
- Department
- Drawings and Prints
- Credit line
- Gertrude and Thomas Jefferson Mumford Collection, Gift of Dorothy Quick Mayer, 1942