Volume 2, page 9. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs. Page 31. Bunbury
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
First interview of Werter and Charlotte
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., and Sheet cut into a circular shape, with all text and with the corners of the image trimmed away.
Publisher:
Publish'd Octr. 16, 1782, by J.R. Smith, No. 83 opposite the Pantheon, Oxford Street
Volume 2, page 9. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs. Page 31. Bunbury
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
First interview of Werter and Charlotte
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., and Mounted on page 9 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Publisher:
Publish'd Octr. 16, 1782, by J.R. Smith, No. 83 opposite the Pantheon, Oxford Street
Werter clutches his head in anguish as he stands before Charlotte on a sofa supporting her head on one hand as she reaches out imploringly towards Werter. The pictures on the wall amplify the subject
Alternative Title:
Last interview
Description:
Title etched below image., Text below publisher's line: At length with the firm determined voice of Virtue she cried Werter, and he was awed by it, tearing himself from her arms., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark in center of sheet.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 29 1786 by E. Jackson No. 14 Marylebone Street Golden Square
BEIN Speck Ck99 R3 +836b: In portfolio. Publishers' advertisment (1 l., at end) dated Dec., 1835., BEIN Speck Ck99 R3 +837: 22 x 31 cm. [Bound with his Umrisse zu Goethe's Faust, erster Theil. Stuttgart und Tübingen, 1837] Publisher's advertisement wanting., and BEIN Speck Ck99 R3 +836c: Stuttgart und Augsburg, J.G. Cotta, 1836. 4, 4 pp., 11 pl. 23 x 33 cm. In portfolio. Title and text also in English: Outlines to the second part of Goethe's Faust by Moritz Retzsch. London, Black & Armstrong. Publisher's advertisement (1 l. at end) dated Oct. 1836.
Publisher:
J.G. Cotta
Subject (Name):
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832. and Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832
"A stage scene showing part of an empty stage box on the extreme right. A burlesque of F. Reynolds's 'Werter', adapted from Goethe's romance. The persons and objects on the stage have letters referring to an 'Explanation' below the design. Werter ('A') kneels before Charlotte ('B'), who is seated on a settee on the extreme left; he raises her petticoat with a passionate gesture. At Werter's feet is an open book, 'Ossian' (which he has been reading to Charlotte); she protests with raised hands (pp. 35-6 of the 1802 edition). Behind (right), Albert ('C'), in regimentals, stands with his face to the wall, his hands clasped behind his back. Two pictures ('E E') hang on the wall representing scenes from the play. In one (left) Albert lies prone; Charlotte, seated beside him, raises her arms in despair; the other is suspended from one corner, hanging crookedly; it represents Charlotte and Albert embracing. In the front of the stage (right), her back to the actors, a nude woman ('F') is seated on a low step holding a pistol to each ear. She wears a hat tied under her chin and is weeping. Above her head is an urn inscribed 'Sacred to Suicide' and a weeping willow. Across the top of the design is a scroll 'H': "To raise the Genius and to mend the Heart"."--British Museum online catalogue and "'Werter', Reynolds's first play, was acted on 14 March 1786 at Covent Garden for Miss Brunton's benefit, having been already played at Bath; Holman played Werter, Farren played Albert. According to Baker, 'Biog. Dram.', it had little success in London. According to Reynolds, 'Werter's metropolitan, was equal, if not superior, to his rural success'. He describes the tears and fainting-fits of the first night at Covent Garden (perhaps responsible for the empty stage box). 'Life and Times of Frederick Reynolds by himself', i. 304 ff.'"--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Five lines of text below title: Explanation, A. Werter making a very improper request to Charlotte -- B. Charlotte resenting it very properly -- C. Albert her husband very civilly taking himself off ..., and Mounted on page 48 with one other print.
"A stage scene showing part of an empty stage box on the extreme right. A burlesque of F. Reynolds's 'Werter', adapted from Goethe's romance. The persons and objects on the stage have letters referring to an 'Explanation' below the design. Werter ('A') kneels before Charlotte ('B'), who is seated on a settee on the extreme left; he raises her petticoat with a passionate gesture. At Werter's feet is an open book, 'Ossian' (which he has been reading to Charlotte); she protests with raised hands (pp. 35-6 of the 1802 edition). Behind (right), Albert ('C'), in regimentals, stands with his face to the wall, his hands clasped behind his back. Two pictures ('E E') hang on the wall representing scenes from the play. In one (left) Albert lies prone; Charlotte, seated beside him, raises her arms in despair; the other is suspended from one corner, hanging crookedly; it represents Charlotte and Albert embracing. In the front of the stage (right), her back to the actors, a nude woman ('F') is seated on a low step holding a pistol to each ear. She wears a hat tied under her chin and is weeping. Above her head is an urn inscribed 'Sacred to Suicide' and a weeping willow. Across the top of the design is a scroll 'H': "To raise the Genius and to mend the Heart"."--British Museum online catalogue and "'Werter', Reynolds's first play, was acted on 14 March 1786 at Covent Garden for Miss Brunton's benefit, having been already played at Bath; Holman played Werter, Farren played Albert. According to Baker, 'Biog. Dram.', it had little success in London. According to Reynolds, 'Werter's metropolitan, was equal, if not superior, to his rural success'. He describes the tears and fainting-fits of the first night at Covent Garden (perhaps responsible for the empty stage box). 'Life and Times of Frederick Reynolds by himself', i. 304 ff.'"--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Five lines of text below title: Explanation, A. Werter making a very improper request to Charlotte -- B. Charlotte resenting it very properly -- C. Albert her husband very civilly taking himself off ..., 1 print : etching with aquatint and drypoint wove paper ; plate mark 20.2 x 23.8 cm, on sheet 22 x 25 cm., and Mounted on verso of leaf 33 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
"A stage scene showing part of an empty stage box on the extreme right. A burlesque of F. Reynolds's 'Werter', adapted from Goethe's romance. The persons and objects on the stage have letters referring to an 'Explanation' below the design. Werter ('A') kneels before Charlotte ('B'), who is seated on a settee on the extreme left; he raises her petticoat with a passionate gesture. At Werter's feet is an open book, 'Ossian' (which he has been reading to Charlotte); she protests with raised hands (pp. 35-6 of the 1802 edition). Behind (right), Albert ('C'), in regimentals, stands with his face to the wall, his hands clasped behind his back. Two pictures ('E E') hang on the wall representing scenes from the play. In one (left) Albert lies prone; Charlotte, seated beside him, raises her arms in despair; the other is suspended from one corner, hanging crookedly; it represents Charlotte and Albert embracing. In the front of the stage (right), her back to the actors, a nude woman ('F') is seated on a low step holding a pistol to each ear. She wears a hat tied under her chin and is weeping. Above her head is an urn inscribed 'Sacred to Suicide' and a weeping willow. Across the top of the design is a scroll 'H': "To raise the Genius and to mend the Heart"."--British Museum online catalogue and "'Werter', Reynolds's first play, was acted on 14 March 1786 at Covent Garden for Miss Brunton's benefit, having been already played at Bath; Holman played Werter, Farren played Albert. According to Baker, 'Biog. Dram.', it had little success in London. According to Reynolds, 'Werter's metropolitan, was equal, if not superior, to his rural success'. He describes the tears and fainting-fits of the first night at Covent Garden (perhaps responsible for the empty stage box). 'Life and Times of Frederick Reynolds by himself', i. 304 ff.'"--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Five lines of text below title: Explanation, A. Werter making a very improper request to Charlotte -- B. Charlotte resenting it very properly -- C. Albert her husband very civilly taking himself off ..., Watermark., and Mounted to 26.5 x 35 cm.
