Charlotte at the grave of Werter [graphic].

Description

Title: Charlotte at the grave of Werter [graphic].
Alternative Title: Charlotte at the grave of Werther
Contributor: Fores, S. W., publisher.
Published / Created: [1 January 1786?]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. Jany. 1, 178[...?] by S.W. Fores at the Caracature Warehouse No.3 Piccadilly
Abstract: "Satire on the taste for Goethe; a woman kneels wailing, hands clasped, over a grave, beneath a wall topped with a skull and cross-bones; in the square behind, a woman hawks sheets with 'The Best Dying Speech of Werter'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Last digit of publication date effaced; year of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record.
British Museum online catalogue suggests 1788 as the year of publication. See registration no.: 1948,0214.592.
Sheet partially trimmed within plate mark.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Watermark: [...]ng?
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. iii, 1788.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 23.3 x 24 cm, on sheet 23.3 x 27 cm
Language: English

Genre: Parodies, imitations, etc
Satires (Visual works) England 1786
Etchings England London 1786
Material: etching & engraving with stipple ; and laid paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832.
Subject (Topic): Graves
Subjects: Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832 > Parodies, imitations, etc
Graves
England > 1786
England > London > 1786
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

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