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"Therefore, be merry Cassio": plate 6 from Othello (Act 3, Scene 3)

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"Therefore, be merry Cassio": plate 6 from Othello (Act 3, Scene 3)

Théodore Chassériau|William Shakespeare

Date
1844
Medium
Etching, engraving, roulette, drypoint on chine collé; first edition of 1844
Dimensions
plate: 12 1/2 x 9 5/8 in. (31.8 x 24.5 cm) image: 10 9/16 x 8 7/16 in. (26.8 x 21.5 cm)
Object type
Print
Classification
Prints
Object number
64.599.1
Credit line
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection. The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
Original Met record Artist authority

Artist information

French, Le Limon, Saint-Domingue, West Indies 1819–1856 Paris|British, Stratford-upon-Avon 1564–1616 Stratford-upon-Avon

Subjects and terms

  • Men
  • Women
  • Shakespeare

The Met object ID 371334. The source CSV marks this record public domain, the official API identifies it as image-bearing, and the image was reverified as public domain before this page rendered.