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Charlotte Mourning at the Tomb of Werther
Factory:
Wedgwood
Designer:
Templetown, Elizabeth, Lady
Modeller:
Hackwood, William
Jasper, white with pale greyish-blue wash on the upper surface, and white relief. Oval. Charlotte, in profile to left, kneels mourning before an urn on a pedestal. A dog sits behind her. On the reverse there two circular holes close together and one further to the right.
History note: Unknown before testator
Height: 8.8 cm
Length: 11.1 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1960) by Clarke, Louis Colville Gray
18th Century, Late
Circa
1790
CE
-
1800
CE
Josiah Wedgwood I or Wedgwood & Byerley
The design for this subject from Goethe’s, The Sorrows of Young Werther (1774), is attributed to Lady Elizabeth Templetown (1747-1823), who first supplied designs to Wedgwood in about 1783, when Josiah Wedgwood wrote to her, asking for more.
Reliefs
Accession number: C.108-1961
Primary reference Number: 11442
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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