Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
Check mate.
Call Number
D North 53/GC112/Box 27/Normal/Drawings/Rothrock GA 2014.00739
Identifier
ark:/88435/gb19fd92z
Publisher
n.d. [1790].
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1790
Extent
1 item ; sheet 7.6 x 7.1 cm.
Source Acquisition
Gift of Dickson Q. Brown, Princeton University Class of 1895.
References
Rothrock no. A25
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Medium: Pen-and-wash drawings on wove paper
Depiction: Interior scene. Room where man and woman play chess at table, one figure stands.
Unsigned.
Title below in TR's hand. No print known. A Lilliputian man and woman chess player can be found on Row2 of Sheet 24 of the Grotesque Borders - but have no relation to this drawing. For other more elaborate studies of Chess players by TR see Checkmate <Y.

Discovery Information

Subject
Chess players—Great Britain—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
Couples—Great Britain—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
Indoor games—Great Britain—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
Recreation—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
Caricature

Physical Characteristics

File Count
1

Institutional Information

Collection
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/034b1b38-5e16-4d2e-9029-d2baedc71944/manifest