'Villain, thou diest': plate 10 from Othello (Act 5, Scene 1), etched 1844, reprinted 1900, Etching, engraving, and aquatint on chine collé; second edition (Gazette des Beaux-Arts), plate: 13 11/16 x 9 13/16 in. (34.8 x 25 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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Villain, thou diest, plate 10, Othello, Act 5, Scene 1, etched 1844, reprinted 1900, Etching, engraving, aquatint, chine collé, second edition, Gazette des Beaux-Arts, plate, 13 11/16 x 9 13/16, 34.8 25 cm, Prints, Théodore Chassériau, French, Le Limon, Saint-Domingue, West Indies, 1819–1856, Paris, 1844, 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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