"Therefore, be merry Cassio": plate 6 from Othello (Act 3, Scene 3)
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Portfolio: Suite of fifteen prints: Shakespeare's Othello / Quinze Esquisses à l'eau forte dessinées et gravées par Théodore Chasseriau
Artist: Théodore Chassériau|William Shakespeare
Artist bio: French, Le Limon, Saint-Domingue, West Indies 1819–1856 Paris|British, Stratford-upon-Avon 1564–1616 Stratford-upon-Avon
Artist role: Artist|Subject
Artist nationality: French|British
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)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection. The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
Accession year: 1964
Tags: Men|Women|Shakespeare