1. ------------- Image1 ------------- Field Data Digital Image File Name 3347 Image Title James Clarke Hook. Othello's description of Desdemona. Oil on canvas, ca. 1852 Source Title Othello's description of Desdemona [graphic] / J. C. Hook. Source Creator Hook, James Clarke, 1819-1907, artist. Image Details from a 4x5 color transparency Source Created or Published ca. 1852 Digital Image Type FSL collection Source Call Number FPa38 HAMNET CATALOG RECORD ___ Creator (Hamnet) Hook, James Clarke, 1819-1907, artist. Title (Hamnet) Othello's description of Desdemona [graphic]. J. C. Hook. Date of Creation or Publ. (Hamnet) ca. 1852. Physical Description (Hamnet) 1 painting on panel : oil ; 78.6 x 53.3 cm. Subject (Hamnet) Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Othello. Act IV. Scene 1 -- Illustrations. Subject (Hamnet) Paintings. gmgpc Subject (Hamnet) Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Characters -- Desdemona. Subject (Hamnet) Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Characters -- Othello. Notes (Hamnet) A small oil sketch on panel (9 1/2 x 6 3/4 in.) was sold at Sotheby's Belgravia on 19 November 1974, lot 139, repr. It was inscribed on its reverse: "[to] P. F. Poole A.R.A. from J. C. Hook." Notes (Hamnet) Condition reviewed The panel has been prepared with a fine gesso surface, which has been painted over smoothly Notes (Hamnet) Conserved There is no evidence of repaint or other restoration Notes (Hamnet) Exhibited: London, Royal Academy, 1852, no. 210; 'Eliz. View of Italy,' Mar.-Jun.93; As imagination bodies forth...' [paintings] Oct.28, 1993-Feb.15, 1994. Notes (Hamnet) G. Michelmore & Co., Rare Books, Autographs, Manuscripts, 5 Royal Opera Arcade, Pall Mall, London SW1, July 1925, £100. (A printed text, listing this picture as no. 14, has been cut out and pasted on the back of the panel at lower left. The entry may well be clipped from an auction catalogue) Notes (Hamnet) Signed at lower right: "J C Hook." A piece of paper in pen and ink, perhaps in the artist's hand, is glued to the back of the panel at upper left: "Othello's description of Desdemona. / -An admirable musician! O, she / will sing the savageness out of a bear!- / Of so high and plenteous wit and / invention! / Othello Act 4th Scene 1st. / Painted by Jas C Hook A.R.A. / Tor Villa / Campden Hill / Kensington" (Tor Villa is the house that Hook had just built for himself) Notes (Hamnet) The Times, 14 May 1852, p. 6; The Art Journal, 1 June 1852, p. 169; The Athenaeum, 3 July 1852, p. 129; The Dictionary of National Biography, London, Supplement (1912; reprinted 1927), vol. 2, p. 294, this painting and two others cited as the best-known pictures of his early period; Altick 1985, p. 307. Notes (Hamnet) This record contains unverified data from a re-keying contract and may contain incorrect or incomplete text. Please consult Curator for assistance. Notes (Hamnet) Title from Pressly. Citations (Hamnet) Pressly, W.L. Paintings in the Folger Shakespeare Library, 40 (Plate 17) Folger Holdings Notes (Hamnet) Temporary location: First floor office area Call Number (Hamnet) FPa38

2. ------------- Image1 ------------- Field Data Digital Image File Name 885 Image Title William Salter. Othello's Lamentation. Oil on canvas, ca. 1857 Source Title Othello's Lamentation Source Creator Salter, William, 1804-1875, artist. Image Details from a 4x5 color transparency Source Created or Published 1857 Digital Image Type FSL collection Source Call Number FPa50 HAMNET CATALOG RECORD ___ Creator (Hamnet) Salter, William, 1804-1875, artist. Title (Hamnet) Othello's lamentation [graphic]. W. Salter M A F. [Member of the Academy of Florence] Date of Creation or Publ. (Hamnet) ca. 1857. Physical Description (Hamnet) 1 painting on canvas : oil ; 115.5 x 143.4 cm. Subject (Hamnet) Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Othello. Act V. Scene 2 -- Illustrations. Subject (Hamnet) Paintings. gmgpc Subject (Hamnet) Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Characters -- Desdemona. Subject (Hamnet) Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Characters -- Iago. Subject (Hamnet) Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Characters -- Italy -- Emilia. Subject (Hamnet) Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Characters -- Othello. Associated Name (Hamnet) MacKenzie, W. D., former owner. Notes (Hamnet) Condition reviewed The paint and white ground are actively flaking at the edges, and there are cracks in the paint surface that correspond to an earlier stretcher Notes (Hamnet) Conserved 19320000 The canvas has been lined, presumably by Finlayson in 1932 Notes (Hamnet) Engravings: wood engraving, ART Vol. b54, vol. 19, p. 139: OTHELLO'S LAMENTATION. -FROM A PAINTING BY T. SALTER IN THE EXHIBITION OF THE SOCIETY OF BRITISH ARTISTS (appears to be clipped from a magazine such as the London Illustrated News) Notes (Hamnet) Exhibited: London, Society of British Artists, 1857, no. 187, as "Othello's lamentation-Iago, Montano, and Gratiano. £210. 'Emilia, Nay lay thee down and roar, / For thou has killed the sweetest innocent / That e'er did lift up eyes.' Act 5th. Scene 2nd"; 'Eliz. View of Italy,' Mar.- Jun.93. Notes (Hamnet) The Athenaeum, 28 March 1857, p. 410; The Illustrated London News, 4 April 1857, p. 320; The Art Journal, 1 May 1857, p. 143. Notes (Hamnet) This record contains unverified data from a re-keying contract and may contain incorrect or incomplete text. Please consult Curator for assistance. Notes (Hamnet) Title from Pressly. Notes (Hamnet) Edwin Parsons, Fine Art Dealer and Publisher, 5 Amersham Rd., Putney, London SW15 [1927], January 1928, £45. Provenance (Hamnet) Provenance: Collection of W.D. MacKenzie, Fawley Court, Henley-on-Thames; his sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, Auctioneers, 8 King St., St. James's Square, London 26 April 1918, lot 153, as "Othello Lamenting over the Body of Desdemona," bought by Pickering, £7.7.0. Citations (Hamnet) Pressly, W.L. Paintings in the Folger Shakespeare Library, 55

3. ------------- Image1 ------------- Field Data Digital Image File Name 34348 Source Title [Othello, I, 3, Othello, Desdemona, Brabantio, and Iago] [graphic] / [Alexandre Bida]. Source Creator Bida, Alexandre, 1813-1895, artist. Source Created or Published [19th century] Digital Image Type FSL collection Source Call Number ART Box B584 no.5 (size S) HAMNET CATALOG RECORD ___ Creator (Hamnet) Bida, Alexandre, 1813-1895, artist. Title (Hamnet) [Othello, I, 3, Othello, Desdemona, Brabantio, and Iago] [graphic] / [Alexandre Bida]. Date of Creation or Publ. (Hamnet) [19th century] Physical Description (Hamnet) 1 drawing : watercolor ; 11 3/4 x 8 3/4 in. Subject (Hamnet) Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Othello. Act 1. Scene 3, depicted. Subject (Hamnet) Brabantio (Fictitious character), depicted. Subject (Hamnet) Desdemona (Fictitious character), depicted. Subject (Hamnet) Drawings -- 19th century. Subject (Hamnet) Iago (Fictitious character), depicted. Subject (Hamnet) Othello (Fictitious character), depicted. Subject (Hamnet) Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Characters -- Brabantio, depicted. Subject (Hamnet) Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Characters -- Desdemona, depicted. Subject (Hamnet) Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Characters -- Iago, depicted. Subject (Hamnet) Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Characters -- Othello, depicted. Notes (Hamnet) Folger copy is signed, Bida; title from pencil note on back of picture. Act and scene division derived from Neilson-Hill edition of Shakespeare, 1942. Notes (Hamnet) This record contains unverified data from old cards and may contain incorrect or incomplete text. Please consult Curator for assistance. Call Number (Hamnet) ART Box B584 no.5 (size S)

4. ------------- Image1 ------------- Field Data Digital Image File Name 7708 Source Title Mr. Kean as Othello [in Shakespeare's play of that name] Oth.: Were it my cue... [graphic] / drawn & engraved from life by Ino Wm. Gear. Source Creator Gear, J. W. (John William), 1806-1866, printmaker. Source Created or Published [Great Britain? : s.n., early to mid-19th century] ( printed by C. Hullmandel) Digital Image Type FSL collection Source Call Number ART File K24.4 no.47 HAMNET CATALOG RECORD ___ Creator (Hamnet) Gear, J. W. (John William), 1806-1866, printmaker. Title (Hamnet) Mr. Kean as Othello [in Shakespeare's play of that name] Oth.: Were it my cue... [graphic] / drawn & engraved from life by Ino Wm. Gear. Place of Creation or Publ. (Hamnet) [Great Britain? : Publisher (Hamnet) s.n., Date of Creation or Publ. (Hamnet) early to mid-19th century] ( Physical Description (Hamnet) 1 print : colored lithograph ; image 200 x 175 mm. Subject (Hamnet) Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Othello, depicted. Subject (Hamnet) Actors -- 19th century, depicted. Subject (Hamnet) Kean, Edmund, 1787-1833, depicted. Subject (Hamnet) Othello (Fictitious character), depicted. Subject (Hamnet) Portraits -- Male -- 19th century. Subject (Hamnet) Prints -- 19th century. Subject (Hamnet) Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Characters -- Othello, depicted. Subject (Hamnet) Kean, Edmund, 1787-1833 -- Performances, depicted. Associated Name (Hamnet) Hullmandel, Charles Joseph, 1789-1850, printer of plates. Associated Name (Hamnet) Gear, J. W. (John William), 1806-1866, artist. Notes (Hamnet) This record contains unverified data from old cards and may contain incorrect or incomplete text. Please consult Curator for assistance. Call Number (Hamnet) ART File K24.4 no.47 (size S)

5. ------------- Image1 ------------- Field Data Digital Image File Name 27516 Source Title Mrs. W. West as Desdemona [in Shakespeare's Othello] [graphic]. Source Created or Published London : Published by A. Park, 47 Leonard St., Finsbury, [mid-19th century] Digital Image Type FSL collection Source Call Number ART File W521 no.3 (size XS) HAMNET CATALOG RECORD ___ Title (Hamnet) Mrs. W. West as Desdemona [in Shakespeare's Othello] [graphic]. Place of Creation or Publ. (Hamnet) London : Publisher (Hamnet) Published by A. Park, 47 Leonard St., Finsbury, Date of Creation or Publ. (Hamnet) [mid-19th century] Physical Description (Hamnet) 1 print : colored lithograph ; 9 3/4 x 7 3/4 in. Subject (Hamnet) Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Othello, depicted. Subject (Hamnet) West, Sarah, d. 1876 -- Performances, depicted. Subject (Hamnet) West, Sarah, d. 1876, depicted. Subject (Hamnet) Portraits -- Female -- 19th century. Subject (Hamnet) Actors -- 19th century, depicted. Subject (Hamnet) Desdemona (Fictitious character), depicted. Subject (Hamnet) Prints -- 19th century. Subject (Hamnet) Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Characters -- Desdemona, depicted. Subject (Hamnet) Toy theaters -- 19th century. Associated Name (Hamnet) Park, Archibald Alexander, publisher. Notes (Hamnet) This record contains unverified data from old cards and may contain incorrect or incomplete text. Please consult Curator for assistance. Notes (Hamnet) Date range based on Archibald Park's dates of operation. Call Number (Hamnet) ART File W521 no.3 (size XS)

6. ------------- Image1 ------------- Field Data Digital Image File Name 9521 Image Title New York, Theatre Guild. Othello. Program, 1943 Source Title Paul Robeson as Othello the Moor of Venice Source Creator Theatre Guild Source Created or Published 1943 Physical Description program cover Digital Image Type FSL collection Source Call Number Programs Collection Copyright information Photofest

7. ------------- Image1 ------------- Field Data Digital Image File Name 7926 Source Title Robeson promptbook: Othello Source Created or Published 1930 Physical Description Act 2, scene 1: both pages Digital Image Type FSL collection Source Call Number PROMPT Oth. Fo.2 HAMNET CATALOG RECORD ___ Creator (Hamnet) Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Title (Hamnet) The tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice. Place of Creation or Publ. (Hamnet) [S.l. : Publisher (Hamnet) s.n., Date of Creation or Publ. (Hamnet) n.d.] Physical Description (Hamnet) [109] leaves (Text cut out and pasted in a workbook) Subject (Hamnet) Stage-setting and scenery. Subject (Hamnet) Costume list. Associated Name (Hamnet) Browne, Maurice, 1881-1955, former owner. Associated Name (Hamnet) Browne, Maurice, 1881-1955. Associated Name (Hamnet) Pryde, James. Associated Name (Hamnet) Van Volkenburg, Ellen. Associated Name (Hamnet) Sheringham, George, 1884-1937. Notes (Hamnet) Caption title. Notes (Hamnet) "Gift of Maurice Browne November 20, 1946" Notes (Hamnet) As produced at the Savoy Theatre, London, on Monday, May 19th 1930. Notes (Hamnet) Contains many groundplans and 7 photographs of the sets. Stage settings by James Pryde. Notes (Hamnet) Includes at the end: Property plot (5 leaves); and Costume plot (14 leaves). Costumes by George Sheringham. Notes (Hamnet) Produced and directed by Maurice Browne and Ellen Van Volkenburg. Notes (Hamnet) With Paul Robeson as Othello, Maurice Browne as Iago, and Peggy Ashcroft as Desdemona. Notes (Hamnet) Souvenir promptbook. Citations (Hamnet) Shattuck: OTH, 104. Call Number (Hamnet) PROMPT Oth. Fo.2

8. ------------- Image1 ------------- Field Data Digital Image File Name 1403 Source Creator Jones, Robert Edmund Image Title Robert Edmond Jones. Costume design for Paul Robeson as "Othello". Ink and gouache drawing with fabric swatches attached, 1943 Source Title Othello costume sketch for Paul Robeson Source Created or Published 1943 Digital Image Type FSL collection Source Call Number ART Box J79 no.1

9. ------------- Image1 ------------- Field Data Digital Image File Name 49937 Source Title [Paul Robeson in Othello, Act I Scene 4] Source Created or Published [circa 1944] Digital Image Type FSL collection Source Call Number ART 254052 (size S) Copyright information Richard Tucker, 26 Lime Street, Boston HAMNET CATALOG RECORD ___ Title (Hamnet) [Paul Robeson in Othello, Act I Scene 4] [graphic]. Place of Creation or Publ. (Hamnet) [S.l. : Publisher (Hamnet) s.n., Date of Creation or Publ. (Hamnet) circa 1944] Physical Description (Hamnet) 1 photographic print Associated Name (Hamnet) Battis, Emery John, 1915-, former owner. Notes (Hamnet) Act and scene derived from pencil notation on verso. Call Number (Hamnet) ART 254052 (size S)

10. ------------- Image1 ------------- Field Data Digital Image File Name 7523 Source Title Ira Aldridge als Othello [graphic] / n.e. Lichtbild v. J. Chailloux ; Steindruck von S. Bühler in Mannheim. Source Creator Bühler, S., 19th cent., printmaker. Source Created or Published Mannheim, Germany : [s.n., 1854] Digital Image Type FSL collection Source Call Number ART File A365.5 no.4 HAMNET CATALOG RECORD ___ Creator (Hamnet) Bu ̈ hler, S., 19th cent., printmaker. Title (Hamnet) Ira Aldridge als Othello [graphic] / n.e. Lichtbild v. J. Chailloux ; Steindruck von S. Bu ̈ hler in Mannheim. Place of Creation or Publ. (Hamnet) Mannheim, Germany : Publisher (Hamnet) [s.n., Date of Creation or Publ. (Hamnet) 1854] Physical Description (Hamnet) 1 print : lithograph ; 12 x 9 1/2 in. Subject (Hamnet) Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Othello, depicted. Subject (Hamnet) Actors -- 19th century, depicted. Subject (Hamnet) Othello (Fictitious character), depicted. Subject (Hamnet) Portraits -- Male -- 19th century. Subject (Hamnet) Prints -- 19th century. Subject (Hamnet) Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Characters -- Othello, depicted. Subject (Hamnet) Aldridge, Ira Frederick, d. 1867 -- Performances, depicted. Subject (Hamnet) Aldridge, Ira Frederick, d. 1867, depicted. Associated Name (Hamnet) Chailloux, J., 19th cent., photographer. Notes (Hamnet) Harvard cat. p. 20, vol. 1, no. 10. Notes (Hamnet) This record contains unverified data from old cards and may contain incorrect or incomplete text. Please consult Curator for assistance. Citations (Hamnet) Harvard Theatre Collection. Catalogue of dramatic portraits, Vol. 1, p. 20, no. 10 Call Number (Hamnet) ART File A365.5 no.4 (size S)

11. ------------- Image1 ------------- Field Data Digital Image File Name 3473 Source Title [Ira Aldridge's first appearance at Covent Gardens in the role of Othello - a play bill dated 1833 plus 2 small engraved portraits and an article in German, mounted together] [graphic]. Source Created or Published [S.l. : s.n., early to mid-19th century?] Digital Image Type FSL collection Source Call Number ART File A365.5 no.5 HAMNET CATALOG RECORD ___ Title (Hamnet) [Ira Aldridge's first appearance at Covent Gardens in the role of Othello - a play bill dated 1833 plus 2 small engraved portraits and an article in German, mounted together] [graphic]. Place of Creation or Publ. (Hamnet) [S.l. : Publisher (Hamnet) s.n., Date of Creation or Publ. (Hamnet) early to mid-19th century?] Physical Description (Hamnet) 1 collage ; 18 7/8 x 14. Subject (Hamnet) Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Othello, depicted. Subject (Hamnet) Actors -- 19th century, depicted. Subject (Hamnet) Othello (Fictitious character), depicted. Subject (Hamnet) Playbills -- 19th century. Subject (Hamnet) Portraits -- Male -- 19th century. Subject (Hamnet) Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Characters -- Othello, depicted. Subject (Hamnet) Aldridge, Ira Frederick, d. 1867 -- Performances, depicted. Subject (Hamnet) Aldridge, Ira Frederick, d. 1867, depicted. Notes (Hamnet) 1 Playbill: 12 3/4 x 6 3/4 in., 1 engraved portrait, no.1 ; 3 1/2 x 3 1/8 in. ("Ira Aldridge as 'Othello'"), 1 engraved portrait, no.2 ; 5 1/4 x 3 1/4 in. (Ira Aldridge). Notes (Hamnet) This record contains unverified data from old cards and may contain incorrect or incomplete text. Please consult Curator for assistance. Call Number (Hamnet) ART File A365.5 no.5 (size L)

12. ------------- Image1 ------------- Field Data Digital Image File Name 34792 Source Title House of Desdemona, Venice [graphic] / F.P. Source Creator Partington, F., fl. 1903, artist. Source Created or Published Aug. 22, [19]03. Digital Image Type FSL collection Source Call Number ART Box P273 no.1 (size S) HAMNET CATALOG RECORD ___ Creator (Hamnet) Partington, F., fl. 1903, artist. Title (Hamnet) House of Desdemona, Venice [graphic] / F.P. Date of Creation or Publ. (Hamnet) Aug. 22, [19]03. Physical Description (Hamnet) 1 drawing : ink ; 7 3/4 x 3 3/8 in. Subject (Hamnet) Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Othello, depicted. Subject (Hamnet) Drawings -- 20th century. Notes (Hamnet) "F.P." identified as "F. Partington" in Folger card catalog on unknown authority. Notes (Hamnet) This record contains unverified data from old cards and may contain incorrect or incomplete text. Please consult Curator for assistance. Notes (Hamnet) Title from penned note in lower left corner of image. Call Number (Hamnet) ART Box P273 no.1 (size S)

13. ------------- Image1 ------------- Field Data Digital Image File Name 35160 Source Title Othello, a set of eight original drawings [graphic] / [Byam Shaw]. Source Creator Shaw, Byam, 1872-1919, artist. Source Created or Published [ca. 1900] Digital Image Type FSL collection Source Call Number ART Box S534 no.27 part 7 (size S) HAMNET CATALOG RECORD ___ Creator (Hamnet) Shaw, Byam, 1872-1919, artist. Title (Hamnet) Othello, a set of eight original drawings [graphic] / [Byam Shaw]. Date of Creation or Publ. (Hamnet) [ca. 1900] Physical Description (Hamnet) 8 drawings : pen and ink. Subject (Hamnet) Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Othello, depicted. Subject (Hamnet) Drawings -- 20th century. Notes (Hamnet) These drawings are for the Chiswick edition of Shakespeare, 1900: PR2752 1899-1902-1 copy 1 Sh. Col. (39 vol.). Notes (Hamnet) This record contains unverified data from old cards and may contain incorrect or incomplete text. Please consult Curator for assistance. Call Number (Hamnet) ART Box S534 no.27 part 7 (size S)