Théodore CHASSERIAU
1819 - 1856
Oui, renverse-toi sur le lit et rugis de désespoir…
1844
Plate 14 from the set of illustrations pour the book entilted Othello, sixteen drawned and engraved etching skechtes
Original etching print
360 × 260 mm, margins 610 × 470 mm
Superb and rare impression on laid China, first state (of 5), before the letter and with the left Desdemone’s foot, small restored tear in the right margin, tiny yellowed along the upper and lower margins
Reference: Inventaire du Fond Français 6-14, Fisher p. 130 i/v
Purchase by the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, South Hadley, USA