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Othello (Blake) and Iago (Brown)

Title

Othello (Blake) and Iago (Brown)
Image: Caption: Iago,- "My lord, you know I love you." Othello,- "I think thou dost." - (Othello, Act III., Scene 3.)

Subject

Shakespeare play: Othello

Description

The caricature was first published in Bengough's magazine 'Grip'. He states in the publication, "A Caricature History of Canadian Politics: Events from the Union of 1841": It was an open secret that Mr. Gordon Brown, as editor of the 'Globe', was not upon the most cordial terms with the new leader of the Party.

Creator

Bengough, John Wilson (Canadian Political Cartoonist, active 1873-1923)

Source

Taken from: A Caricature History of Canadian Politics: Events from the Union of 1841. Ed. John Bengough. Vol. 2. Toronto: Grip Printing, 1886. 165. Print.
Cataloguer: Jean-Sébastien Grenier

Publisher

Grip

Date

October 23, 1880 (first publication in Grip)

Format

caricatures

Language

English

Type

graphic design and illustration

Files

11214925-Othello-(Blake)-and-Iago-(Brown).jpg

Collection

Citation

Bengough, John Wilson (Canadian Political Cartoonist, active 1873-1923), “Othello (Blake) and Iago (Brown),” shakespeare400, accessed October 4, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/shakespeare400/items/show/2572.