LSE1125703 Goethe\'s House in Frankfurt (colour litho) by German School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (28 August 1749 ??22 March 1832) was a German writer and statesman. His body of work includes epic and lyric poetry written in a variety of metres and styles; prose and verse dramas; memoirs; an autobiography; literary and aesthetic criticism; treatises on botany, anatomy, and colour; and four novels. In addition, numerous literary and scientific fragments, more than 10,000 letters, and nearly 3,000 drawings by him are extant.); Photo 穢 Leonard de Selva.