Detail from The Canal, Amsterdam, 1889, James McNeill Whistler, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow

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M.0080
The Game of Chess (Gracie's Album, p. 45)

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1851/1852
Collection: Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: F1908.10a
Medium: pen, black ink and pencil
Support: cream wove paper within an embossed filigree oval, with publisher's name 'ROCK'
Size: 1 15/16 x 3 3/8" (50 x 85 mm)
Signature: 'J. Whistler.'
Inscription: 'The Game of Chess.'

The Game of Chess (Gracie's Album, p. 45)

The Game of Chess (Gracie's Album, p. 45) dates from between 1851 and 1852. Archibald Gracie jr (1832-1864) was a fellow cadet at West Point.

The Game of Chess, Gracie's Album, p. 45, Freer Gallery of Art
The Game of Chess, Gracie's Album, p. 45, Freer Gallery of Art

The drawing is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 80).

Last updated: 2nd March 2021 by Margaret