425 - J. SMITH (*1752) after BUNBURY (*1750), Charlotte and Werther, 1782, stipple engraving

J. SMITH (*1752) after BUNBURY (*1750), Charlotte and Werther, 1782, stipple engraving John Raphael Smith (1752, Derby, Derbyshire – 1812) after Henry William Bunbury (1750 – 1811): Charlotte and Werther, 1782, stipple engraving Technique: Stipple engraving on paper Inscription: Signed in the printing plate at the lower center: "Designed by W. H. Bunbury Esq." Inscribed in the printing plate at the lower center: "THE FIRST INTERVIEW OF WERTHER AND CHARLOTTE." Dated in the lower center: “London Publish’d Octr. 16 1782, by J.R. Smith No. 83, opposite the Pantheon, Oxford Street.” Date: 1782 Description: In an arbor, Charlotte sits at a small round table and hands out slices of bread to four children; one of them is hanging from her left arm, while another leans back and looks up at Werther, who stands behind her, tilts his chair, and looks over at Charlotte; in the right foreground sits a maid holding a jug on her knee; circular design after Bunbury, fourth state with a roulette border around the picture, prior to the change in the publication line. Source: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 Frankfurt–1832 Weimar), *The Sorrows of Young Werther*, 1774 | Novel, Genre Keywords: Werther; Charlotte; children; encounter; family; domestic scene; literature; security; interaction; symbolism; harmony; mother; father; caring; work of art; idyll; story; narrative; values; care; Goethe, 18th century, Classicism, Genre, United Kingdom, Size: Paper: 43.5 cm x 38.5 cm (17.1 x 15.2 in), Plate: 36.5 cm x 35.2 cm (14.4 x 13.9 in), Image area: 31.0 cm x 31.0 cm (12.2 x 12.2 in) Condition: In poor condition. Margins have creases and tears, especially in the upper left corner and right margin; the print is slightly stained and browned overall. Creases around the printing plate.