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After Henry William Bunbury (1750 - 1811)
John Raphael Smith, publisher
John Raphael Smith, publisher
The first interview of Werther and Charlotte
1782
Stipple engraving
Inscription: Lettered below the image with the title, the quatrain illustrated "Charms that the bliss of Eden might restore....", and "Designed by W. H. Bunbury Esqr. / London Publish'd Octr. 16 1782, by J.R. Smith No. 83, opposite the Pantheon, Oxford Street."
Museum number: P415
Not on display
Curatorial note
Charlotte, seated at a small round table in an arbour, a covered basket on the ground behind her, hands a slice of bread to one of four children. Another child hangs from her left arm, while another tilts her chair back, looking up at Werther who is standing behind her, holding her hands. A maid sits in the left foreground holding a pitcher on her knee.
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