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Game of chess

Game of chess
(1814); published 1835
from the Cruikshankiana series, published by Thomas McLean, London, 1835

Medium
etching
Measurements
24.2 × 34.1 cm (image) 25.5 × 35.2 cm (plate) 37.6 × 56.2 cm (sheet)
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Catalogue/s Raisonné
BM Satires 12392 ii/ii; Cohn 212, 1147 ii/ii; Reid 297 ii/ii
Edition
2nd of 2 states
Inscription
printed in ink l.r.: Design’d by an Amateur / Etchd (d in superscript) by G .Cruikshank —
printed in ink l.l.: Pub.d (d in superscript above . ) by Tho.s (s in superscript above . ) M,,cLean. (c in superscript above ,, ) 26Haymarket. Aug,,t (t in superscript above ,, ) 1,,st (st in superscript above ,, ) 1835.
printed in ink l.c.: GAME of CHESS
Accession Number
4203.15-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Mr B. Moore, 1899
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Human Figures Humour and Satire Leisure, Games and Sport
Subjects (specific)
board games (activities) caricatures cartoons (humorous images) chess chess players fashion (culture-related concept) men (male humans) parlours
Movements
Regency (British)