Objects, British Museum
1875 (ca)
Albumen print
21.3 x 27.3 cm (8 3/8 x 10 3/4 ins) (image)
Yale University Art Gallery
Gift of George Hopper Fitch, B.A. 1932, 1994.49.36
LL/88697
1 of 42
Joseph Andrew and Jabez Hogg Playing Chess
1843 (ca)
Daguerreotype
National Gallery of Canada / Musée des beaux-arts du Canada
Gift of Phyllis Lambert, Montreal, 1988, Accession number: 30643
LL/111657 [Further details available]
2 of 42
A Game of Chess
1850 (ca)
Daguerreotype
10.5 x 16 cm
Musée d'Orsay
© Musée d'Orsay, dist. RMN / Patrice Schmidt
LL/31661
3 of 42
[A young woman watching an older couple play a game of chess]
n.d.
Daguerreotype, 1/4 plate, hand-painted
Private collection of Hans Gummersbach
LL/123882
4 of 42
[Two women playing chess]
n.d.
Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
Private collection of Hans Gummersbach
LL/123883
5 of 42
[Photograph of a Daguerreotype of Two Chess Players Watched Over by a Gathering of Gentlemen]
n.d.
Gelatin silver print, with applied color, detail
6 3/4 × 9 1/16 in. (17.1 × 23 cm) (image)
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH)
Museum purchase funded by Krista and Michael Dumas in honor of their son, B. Forbes Dumas, Object number: 2019.14
LL/102375
6 of 42
Nicolaas Henneman playing chess with John Frederick Goddard, at Lacock Abbey
1841, 7 April
Salt print, from a calotype negative
British Library
Fox Talbot Collection, LA2161; Schaaf 2639
LL/81870
7 of 42
Chess Players
1846
Salted paper print
8.2 x 7 cm
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin
HRC
LL/6138
8 of 42
1855-1860
Ambrotype, 1/4 plate, in full case
Charles Schwartz Ltd
Courtesy of Charles Schwartz Ltd (www.cs-photo.com - #7377)
LL/9188
9 of 42
Game of Chess of Mikhail Chigorin and Sigbert Tarrasch at the St Petersburg Chess Club on 8 April 1893
1893, 8 April
Cabinet card, Platinotype
Hermitage Museum
Inventory Number: ЭРФТ-18854
LL/56513
10 of 42
Boys playing chess [Garçons jouant aux échecs]
1875 (ca)
Carte de visite
Private collection of Michel Mégnin
LL/29456
11 of 42
La partie d'échecs, Oran
1860 (ca) 1865 (or earlier)
Albumen silver print
Private collection of Xavier Martel
LL/122358
12 of 42
Persian chess players
n.d.
Albumen print
Sotheby's - London
Travel Photographs, Maps and Natural History, 24 May 2022, Lot: 70
LL/120076
13 of 42
Margaret Anne and Henrietta Mary Lutwidge [Two of Lewis Carroll's maternal aunts playing chess on a small table.]
1859 (ca)
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin
Harry Ransom Research Center - The University of Texas
LL/7873
14 of 42
Two of Lewis Carroll's aunts, Margaret Anne and Henrietta Mary Lutwidge, playing chess
1880s (?)
Albumen print
13.9 x 16.7 cm
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin
Identifier: 964:0001:0031
LL/104895
15 of 42
Mrs. Rossetti playing chess with D.G. Rossetti: Christina, and Maria Francesca
1863, 7 October
Albumen print
18.8 x 23.8 cm
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin
Identifier: 964:0001:0039
LL/104929
16 of 42
Double portrait of man playing chess
1865 (ca)
Tintype, 1/6 plate
8.3 x 6.8 cm
George Eastman Museum
Digital Accession Number: 2006:0440:0002.0001
LL/45426
17 of 42
The profound game
1856-1862
Stereoview, hand-painted
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Marian S. Carson Collection, Call Number/Physical Location: LOT 13677, no. 2 [P&P], Digital Id: stereo 1s08496 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/stereo.1s08496, Control Number: 2017660884, Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-stereo-1s08496 (digital file from original)
LL/123798
18 of 42
The Profound Game
1855-1860 (ca)
Stereocard, painted, detail
Jefferson Stereoptics
Courtesy of John Saddy (Auction, 27-28 August 2015, # 15-2, Lot 535)
LL/60467
19 of 42
A man and woman playing chess
n.d.
Stereocard, painted, detail
Jefferson Stereoptics
Courtesy of John Saddy (Auction, 27-28 August 2015, # 15-2, Lot 525)
LL/60464
20 of 42
Soldiers playing chess
1861 (ca)
Tintype
3 1/4 x 4 1/4 in
Private collection of Andrew Daneman
LL/24368
21 of 42
Portrait of chess players
1860s (mid)
Albumen print, rounded corners
15,8 x 12,3 cm
Bassenge Photography Auctions
Courtesy of Bassenge, 19th-21st Century Photography, 6 June 2012, Lot: 4006
LL/47873
22 of 42
Chess Players
n.d.
Gelatin silver print
Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc
Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: March 13, 2008, 51, part 2 / lot 152)
LL/27842 [Further details available]
23 of 42
Park chess match
1907-1932
Autochrome
3 1/4 x 4 in
George Eastman Museum
Courtesy of George Eastman House, Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Lucius A. Dickerson (82:2063:0011)
LL/26998
24 of 42
Col. A,C.M. Pennington playing chess with himself, and looking on at the same time
1887, 28 May (publication)
Magazine plate
Google Books
LL/34411 [Further details available]
25 of 42
[Auguste and his brother Louis Lumière playing chess
1864
Albumen print
The Bill Douglas Cinema Museum
LL/105498
26 of 42
Dr. Emanuel Lasker and His Brother
[Camera Work, no. 31, pl. 08]
1908 (taken) 1910 (photogravure)
Photogravure
6 15/16 × 4 15/16 ins (17.6 × 12.5 cm) (image) 11 × 7 15/16 ins (28 × 20.1 cm) (sheet)
Philadelphia Museum of Art
From the Collection of Dorothy Norman, 1973, Accession Number: 1973-267-146
LL/71551
27 of 42
[Two Men Playing Chess]
1907, June
Autochrome
9 x 12 cm (3.5 x 4.7 ins)
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Gilman Collection, Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. Henry R. Kravis Gift, 2005, Accession Number: 2005.100.476
LL/40422
28 of 42
A young woman playing chess
n.d.
Tissue view
Stereographica - Antique Photographica
Courtesy of Bryan and Page Ginns (#23 / 314)
LL/42967
29 of 42
A young woman playing chess
n.d.
Tissue view
Stereographica - Antique Photographica
Courtesy of Bryan and Page Ginns (#23 / 314)
LL/42968
30 of 42
Two women playing chess
n.d.
Cabinet card
Stereographica - Antique Photographica
Courtesy of Bryan and Page Ginns (#13 / 67)
LL/11273
31 of 42
Le Jeu
1863
Tirage sur papier albuminé d'après négatif sur verre au collodion. Format carte de visite
Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Estampes et de la Photographie
Estampes et Photographie. D.L. Eo2 Torbéchet. D.L. 1863
LL/7045
32 of 42
Le Jeu
1863
Carte de visite
Private collection of Fostin Cotchen
LL/123908
33 of 42
Chess
1930
Gelatin silver print
4 3/4 x 6 3/8
Klotz / Sirmon Gallery (CLOSED)
LL/3334
34 of 42
Chess
1930, 6 January
Gelatin silver print
53 x 56 mm
Vintage Galéria
LL/18989
35 of 42
Chess game from above
1930s
Gelatin silver print
11,8 x 11,8 cm
Bassenge Photography Auctions
19th - 21st Century Photography, 5 June 2019, Lot: 4234
LL/91390 [Further details available]
36 of 42
Army
2017
Tintype
5 x 7 cm
Provided by the artist - Paul Aioanei
LL/123803
37 of 42
[Chess plapers]
1930 (taken, later print)
Gelatin silver plate
Private collection of Sergey Maximishin
LL/105205
38 of 42
Marcel Duchamp's Hands, New York City.
1959-1960 (taken) 1960s (print)
Silver print
15.88 x 24.13 cm (6 1/4 x 9 1.2 in.)
Swann Galleries - New York
The Virginia Zabriskie Collection, Sep 21, 2021, Sale 2579, Lot: 135
LL/113924
39 of 42
Marcel Duchamp and Raoul de Roussy de Sales Playing Chess
1925
Gelatin silver print
J. Paul Getty Museum
© Man Ray Trust ARS-ADAGP
LL/59711
40 of 42
Man Ray against the chess board on which he played Marcel Duchamp
1964
Photograph
Internet - Original source ill-defined
© Andrew Layton, Source requested
LL/122531
41 of 42
Record album cover for "Freddie Roach - 'Good Move!'"
n.d.
Record album cover
Bazar Nadar / Wouter Lambrechts
LL/123963
42 of 42
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