The first interview of Werter & Charlotte [graphic]

Description

Title: The first interview of Werter & Charlotte [graphic]
Alternative Title: First interview of Werter and Charlotte
Contributor: Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, artist.
Smith, John Raphael, 1752-1812, publisher.
Published / Created: [16 October 1782]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publish'd Octr. 16, 1782, by J.R. Smith, No. 83 opposite the Pantheon, Oxford Street
Description: Title etched below image.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Four lines of verse in two columns below title: Charms, that the bliss of Eden might restore, that Heaven might envy, & mankind adore; I saw - and oh what heart could long rebel, I saw - I lov'd - and bade the world farewell.
Illustration to Goethe's The sorrows of young Werther.
Mounted on page 31 of: Bunbury album.
1 print : stipple engraving with etching on laid paper ; circular sheet 31.3 cm.
Sheet cut into a circular shape, with all text and with the corners of the image trimmed away.
Provenance: Purchased by W.S. Lewis from Grant; May 1940.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 35.5 x 44 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
Collection Title: Volume 2, page 9. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs. Page 31. Bunbury album.
Collection / Other Creator: Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797, collector. Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811.
Collection Date: [Strawberry Hill], [between 1765 and 1792] [London], [between 1780 and 1794]