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)

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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

A game of chess played by two prisoners under the eyes of a uniformed guard, in a room lit by a barred window.

Last updated: 2nd March 2021 by Margaret