Othello

Othello

Animals in literature

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Othello

Othello and Desdemona depicted as monkeys. Othello holds a crooked candlestick above his head with his left hand, while carrying a dagger in his right. He wears a bright red vest with tassle accompanied by striped pants. Meanwhile, Desdemona lies asleep in a bed in a nightgown and cap with a canopy overhead.

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Marks, John Lewis

1751?-1816?

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