Antique 1853 Charles Cope Shakespeare Othello Sharing Adventures Engraving 17"

Description

Late 19th century, framed engraving portraying a scene from William Shakespeare's "Othello," by Charles West Cope, engraved by Thomas Vernon. Shows Othello relating his adventures to Desdemona and her father, seated in an elegant portico. Beveled champagne gilt frame with beaded inner edge and scallop carved outer border; robin's egg blue mat.

Steel engraving, by T. Vernon. The engraving is from Charles Knight's two-volume Imperial Edition of The Works of Shakespere (London: Virtue and Company, 1873-76).

"Charles West Cope RA (28 July 1811, in Leeds – 21 August 1890, in Bournemouth) was an English, Victorian era painter of genre and history scenes, and an etcher. He was responsible for painting several frescos in the House of Lords in London." (Source: Wikipedia)

"Thomas Vernon (1824? – 28 February 1872) was a British engraver. Vernon was born in Staffordshire about 1824, and studied first in Paris and later in England, where he was a pupil of Peter Lightfoot. He worked in pure line, and became one of the best engravers of figure subjects of his day. Vernon engraved for Samuel Carter Hall's "Royal Gallery of Art, Ancient and Modern": Dyce's Virgin Mother, Winterhalter's portrait of Princess Helena as an amazon, and two other plates. He also engraved several for The Art Journal. Vernon's last and most important work was Christ healing the Paralytic, from the picture by Murillo belonging at that time to Colonel Tomine, M.P. who presented the plate to the Newspaper Press Fund. Veron died on 28 January 1872." (Source: Wikipedia)

Condition

Good Overall - Light wear to frame; stain to paper

Dimensions

17" x 1" x 16.75" / Sans Frame - 10.5" x 8.25" (Width x Depth x Height)