Charlotte at the grave of Werter [graphic].
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11791455
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.
1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; sheet 23.2 x 23.6 cm.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three edges.
Mounted on leaf 34 of volume 2 of 14 volumes. - Provenance
- From a collection in fourteen volumes compiled by Francis Harvey and dispersed at auction, Sotheby, London, June 1900. Sold at Sotheby, London, 12 March 1919. Bequest of Hugh Dudley Auchincloss to Yale University Library, 1981. Bound by Riviere & Son in three-quarters red morocco with gold tooling and gold lettering on spine.
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 23.3 x 24 cm, on sheet 23.3 x 27 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 2
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- 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
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 7686297
- Object ID (OID)
- 11791455
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