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Mohamedans Playing Chess

Shepherd & Robertson

Artwork Details

Mohamedans Playing Chess
1862
Shepherd & Robertson
albumen print on paper
7 x 8 3/4 in. (17.78 x 22.23 cm);18 x 15 in. (45.72 x 38.1 cm)
Gift of Howard and Margaret Bond
2019/1.293

Description

Physical Description:

Four men in light clothes sit around a chessboard. A fifth man stands at left watching. All wear light-colored cloth on their heads wound in different styles.

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