'Owake! what ho! Brabantio! thieves! thieves!': plate 1 from Othello (Act 1, Scene 1), 1844, Etching, engraving, and roulette on chine collé, plate: 14 5/8 x 10 5/8 in. (37.2 x 27 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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Owake!, ho!, Brabantio!, thieves!, plate 1, Othello, Act, Scene, 1844, Etching, engraving, roulette, chine collé, plate, 14 5/8 x 10 5/8, 37.2 27 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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