Chess Players

Dateca. 1846-1848

MediumDaguerreotype

DimensionsPlate (quarter): 4 1/4 × 3 1/4 inches (10.8 × 8.26 cm)
Case (open): 7 3/8 × 4 11/16 × 3/8 inches (18.73 × 11.91 × 0.95 cm)
Case (closed): 3 5/8 × 4 11/16 × 5/8 inches (9.21 × 11.91 × 1.59 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.578

Signednone

Inscribednone

MarkingsOn plate verso, on modern paper tape, in pencil: "NO PLATE MAKER'S MARKS / 2-PLY 100% RAG BOARD SPACER INSTALLED BETWEEN PLATE & MAT, COVER GLASS REPLACED, SEALED WITH FILMOPLAST P-90TAPE 2-21-2001 GSW KANSAS CITY MO / 400-187-98"

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DescriptionImage of three men seated at a table with a chess board. All of them wear suits with ties and hats; the hat on the left is plaid. The man on the right moves a white piece. This quarter plate cased daguerreotype is housed in a brass mat inside of a case with a Vase with Fruits and Flowers motif and an embossed pink liner.

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