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Théodore Chassériau

Honest Iago, Desdemona Must I Leave to Thee, plate 4 (act 1, scene 3), from Othello

1844, printed 1900
Etching, engraving, roulette and drypoint on ivory chine, laid down on white wove paper
28.7 × 21 cm (11.3 × 8.3 in)

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