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The finest quality print from a series of female characters of the German poet Goethe, represented here by one of the greatest 19th Century German painters, William von Kaulbach
(see more, below).

Print  Specifics:
  • Type of print: Intaglio, steel line & stipple engraving
  • Year of printing: not indicated in the print. Actual: 1867
  • Publisher: Theo Stroeffer, 816 Broadway; Munich, Frederick Druckmann.
  • Condition: 1 (1. Excellent - 2. Very good - 3. Good - 4. Fair). Light age toning of paper.
  • Dimensions: 12 x 16.5 inches (30 x 42 cm), including blank margins around the image. 
  • Paper weight: 2 (1. Thick - 2. Heavier - 3. Medium heavy - 4. Slightly heavier - 5. Thin)
  • Reverse side: Blank
  • Note: 1. Green 'border' around the print in the photo is a contrasting background on which the print was photographed. 2. The detail of the print is much sharper than the photo of the print.

Narrative:
What, indeed, was Goethe's relation to Frederike but the attachment of a boy and girl, such as in almost every one's experience comes to stir the young affections, without deepening into serious relations? The boy and girl are fascinated; they walk together, talk together, echo each others sentiments, look into each others eyes, and dream of each other when apart. But they never think of the future, or think of it only as a remote contingency. They are absorbed by present feeling. It is Young Love's Dream, and it suffices. Parting is always a pain to them; perhaps the greater because it is dimly felt to be the commencement of awakening from the dream. The awakening was rapid. Not only were Goethe's parents opposed to the match, he himself soon felt when absent from her that she had laid no firm hold of his soul. Between them there were none of those ties which strengthen with advancing years. No sooner was this clear to him than he wrote to tell her so. Of course she was pained at this, even if she never contemplated anything else: a woman cannot be given up without feeling it; nevertheless her pain was but short-lived since we find her quickly afterwards engaged to the poet Lenz.

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