"Owake! what ho! Brabantio! thieves! thieves!": plate 1 from Othello (Act 1, Scene 1) 1844

"Owake! what ho! Brabantio! thieves! thieves!" is a lithograph by Théodore Chassériau, created in 1844. This is the first plate in a series of twelve illustrating William Shakespeare’s Othello. The lithograph depicts a scene from the play’s first act where Roderigo and Iago wake up Brabantio to tell him about Othello’s secret marriage to his daughter Desdemona. The piece exemplifies the Romanticism movement in its dramatic composition and the portrayal of heightened emotions, while the detailed drawing evokes the Neoclassical style.