'Therefore, be merry Cassio': plate 6 from Othello (Act 3, Scene 3), 1844, Etching, engraving, roulette, drypoint on chine collé; first edition of 1844, plate: 12 1/2 x 9 5/8 in. (31.8 x 24.5 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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merry Cassio, plate 6, Othello, Act 3, Scene, 1844, Etching, engraving, roulette, drypoint, chine collé, first edition, plate, 12 1/2 x 9 5/8, 31.8 24.5 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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