The Chess Player

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The chess player.

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Artist

Name:
Iriarte, Hesiquio
Dates:
ca. 1820-ca. 1897
Country:
Mexico

Illustration

Subject:
People
Technique:
Lithograph
Lithographer:
M. Murguia y Cía.
Format:
Portrait (taller)
Source:
Robarts Library, The Internet Archive

Book

Title:
Los mexicanos pintados por si mismos
Author:
Collective work
Publisher:
Mexico City: M. Murguia y Cía., 1854
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Description:

A man in a top hat is sitting in a café, cigar butts littering the floor under the table as he plays chess on his own and carefully ponders his next move while hovering a piece above the board.

The caption reads in the original Spanish: El jugador de ajedrez.

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