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Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764–99), John Henderson as Iago, 1786

Creator:

Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
after Gilbert Stuart, 1755–1828
Published by John Bell, the publisher, 1745–1831

Title:

John Henderson as Iago

Additional Title(s):

Mr. Henderson, in the Character of Iago

Part Of:

Collective Title: Othello

Date:

1786

Medium:

Stipple engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper

Dimensions:

Sheet: 10 13/16 × 8 1/16 inches (27.5 × 20.5 cm), Image: 4 5/8 × 3 3/4 inches (11.7 × 9.5 cm)

Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Inscribed in graphite, on back, lower left: "(IR31/8376)"; lower center: "Juer 1808"; lower right: "4/"

Lettered in black ink, along lower left outline of oval image: "Stuart delt."; along lower right outline of oval image: "Bartolozzi sculpt."; lower center: "Mr. HENDERSON, | in the | CHARACTER of IAGO. | London Printed for J. Bell, British Library Strand, Feby. 18th. 1786."

Credit Line:

Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:

Public Domain

Accession Number:

B1978.43.621

Classification:

Prints

Collection:

Prints and Drawings

Subject Terms:

Associated People:

Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
Iago (character in Othello, the Moor of Venice)
Henderson, John (bap. 1747, d. 1785), British actor and draftsman

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Link:

https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:52091

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