The Chess Players

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

William Henry Fox Talbot

Title

The Chess Players

Place

England (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1847

Medium

Salted paper print

Dimensions

Image: 19.3 × 14.5 cm (7 5/8 × 5 3/4 in.); Paper: 19.5 × 14.8 cm (7 11/16 × 5 7/8 in.); Mount: 20.4 × 15.4 cm (8 1/16 × 6 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Edward E. Ayer Endowment in memory of Charles L. Hutchinson

Reference Number

1972.331

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