'If I do die before thee, pr'ythee shroud me in one of those same sheets': plate 8 from Othello (Act 4, Scene 3), 1844, Etching, engraving, and drypoint on chine collé; first edition of 1844, plate: 13 9/16 x 9 3/4 in. (34.5 x 24.8 cm), Prints, Théodore Chassériau (French, Le Limon, Saint-Domingue, West Indies 1819–1856 Paris), In 1844 Eugène Piot commissioned the young Chassériau to prepare fifteen illustrations to Shakespeare's Othello. Inspired by a series of ground-breaking Hamlet lithographs that Delacroix had created one year earlier, the younger artist opted for the more linear technique of etching
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I do die, thee, pr'ythee shroud me, sheets, plate 8, Othello, Act 4, Scene 3, 1844, Etching, engraving, drypoint, chine collé, first edition, plate, 13 9/16 x 9 3/4, 34.5 24.8 cm, Prints, Théodore Chassériau, French, Le Limon, Saint-Domingue, West Indies, 1819–1856, Paris, Eugène, Piot, commissioned, young, prepare fifteen, illustrations, Shakespeare, Inspired, series, ground-breaking Hamlet, lithographs, Delacroix, created, year earlier, younger artist, opted, linear technique, etching
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