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Théodore Chassériau|William Shakespeare

"Honest Iago, my Desdemona must I leave to thee": plate 4 from Othello (Act 1, Scene 3)

etched 1844, reprinted 1900
Etching, engraving, roulette, and drypoint on chine collé; second edition (Gazette des Beaux-Arts)
36.5 × 26.6 cm (14.4 × 10.5 in)

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