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"If I do die before thee, pr'ythee shroud me in one of those same sheets": plate 8 from Othello (Act 4, Scene 3)

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"If I do die before thee, pr'ythee shroud me in one of those same sheets": plate 8 from Othello (Act 4, Scene 3)

Théodore Chassériau|William Shakespeare

Date
1844
Medium
Etching, engraving, and drypoint on chine collé; first edition of 1844
Dimensions
plate: 13 9/16 x 9 3/4 in. (34.5 x 24.8 cm) image: 11 1/4 x 8 1/2 in. (28.5 x 21.6 cm)
Object type
Print
Classification
Prints
Object number
64.599.2
Credit line
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection. The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1964
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

  • Shakespeare
  • Women
  • Beds

The Met object ID 371335. 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.