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“Have you pray’d to-night, Desdemona?” (Act V, Scene II) from “Othello”
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Théodore Chassériau

“Have you pray’d to-night, Desdemona?” (Act V, Scene II) from “Othello”

1844

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Théodore Chassériau

“Have you pray’d to-night, Desdemona?” (Act V, Scene II) from “Othello”

1844

Physical Qualities Etching, engraving, roulette, Sheet: 342 x 272 mm. (13 7/16 x 10 11/16 in.) Image: 276 x 229 mm. (10 7/8 x 9 in.)
Portfolio/Series Plate 12 from the series "Othello"
Credit Line The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number 1996.48.12484
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996; The Maryland Institute College of Art,
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
The Maryland Institute, Baltimore, Nov. 3 - 24, 1968.

Eugene Leake, The Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, April 1969.

Jay McKean Fisher, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Théodore Chassériau: Illustrations for Othello," November 11, 1979 - January 6, 1980.
Fisher, Jay McKean. Théodore Chassériau: Illustrations for Othello (Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1979), pp. 118-123, illustrated front cover and p. 119.

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