The Game of Chess

Object Details

• Artist

  James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

• Description

  Drawing on embossed paper of two people playing chess, with one person observing the game, from an album of drawings.

• Signatures

  Signature: "J. Whistler" in artist's hand.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Origin

  United States

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Drawing

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• Related Resources

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• Date

  1850s

• Name

  Whistler, James McNeill

• Place

  United States

• Topic

  Chess, Charles Lang Freer collection, Art, American Art, Game playing

• Culture

  Americans

• Object Type

  Drawings