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Théodore Chassériau|William Shakespeare

"He smothers her": plate 13 from Othello (Act 5, Scene 2)

etched 1844, reprinted 1900
Etching and engraving on chine collé; second edition (Gazette des Beaux-Arts)
34.7 × 24.8 cm (13.7 × 9.8 in)

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