[Photograph of a Daguerreotype of Two Chess Players Watched Over by a Gathering of Gentlemen]

CultureUnknown
Titles
  • [Photograph of a Daguerreotype of Two Chess Players Watched Over by a Gathering of Gentlemen]
Dateno date
MediumGelatin silver print with applied color
DimensionsImage: 6 3/4 × 9 1/16 in. (17.1 × 23 cm)
Sheet: 8 1/8 × 9 15/16 in. (20.6 × 25.2 cm)
Mount: 10 1/16 × 12 in. (25.5 × 30.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Krista and Michael Dumas in honor of their son, B. Forbes Dumas
Object number2019.14
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenancePrivate collection; [Lee Gallery, Winchester, Massachusetts, May 9, 2016]; purchased by MFAH, 2019.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in pencil, verso, top left: M.W.U
Inscribed in pencil, verso, top right: SN1049

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