Chess, Checkers and Dominos
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Chess, Checkers and Dominos Prints.
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001chss: 1904 A.B. Frost Scene: Playing Checkers. Hand colored halftone engraving by A.B. Frost, titled "A Close Game." Shows two men in a country store, involved in a game of checkers. Published in a 1904 compilation of Frost's drawings. 11x16 in. $50
002chss: 1865 Civil War Chess: Uncle Sam vs Jeff Davis. Hand colored, antique wood-engraved print from an 1865 issue of Harper's Weekly. Title is "Check Mate." The image shows Jefferson Davis (on the left) playing a game of chess with Uncle Sam (on the right, wearing an uncharacteristic formal suit). Liberty, a beautiful angel, is watching over the game. The entire scene, with all of its symbolic elements, is described in an article above the image. 11x16 in. Handcolored $50 Uncolored $40
003chss: 1858: Paul Morphy, Chess Genius. Wood-engraved portrait from Harper Weekly showing Paul Morphy, a genius who could play eight games of chess at one time without seeing any of the boards. Surrounding Morphy's portrait is text listing all the moves made in each of the games. 11x16 in.$40
004chss: 1906 Scene: Checkers in Bavaria. Hand colored engraving from a 1906 publication, showing two men in Bavaria playing checkers while others watch. 11x16 in. $50
005chss: 1875 View of Arnauts Playing Draughts. Hand colored engraving, showing two men in traditional Albanian dress deeply involved in a game of draughts. 9x12 in. $60
006chss: 1874 Scene: The Chess Players. Engraved image from Harpers Weekly, showing two men smoking pipes and playing chess. Text on either side of the image describes the scene. 11x16 in. Handcolored $40
007chss: 1857 National Chess Congress. Engraved portraits of the ten greatest chess players of 1857, from Frank Leslies Illustrated Newspaper. Images are accompanied by text describing the 1857 National Chess Congress, which was being held at the time. 11x16 in. $30
008chss: 1903 Gibson Print: Chess Game. Hand colored engraving by Charles Dana Gibson, creator of the famous "Gibson Girl." Title is "The Greatest Game in the World: His Move." Shows a young couple facing each other across a chess board, too wrapped up in the romance of the moment to concentrate on the game. 11x16 in. $50
009chss: 1875 Engraving: Chess Players. Hand colored engraving, published circa 1875 as an illustration to a book. Title is "The Chess Players." Based on a painting by J.L.E. Meissonier. There are several age spots in the lower margin, but the image is not affected. 11x16 in. $40
010chss: 1883 Chess Game in Washington D.C. Engraved scene from Harper's Weekly, titled "At the Metropolitan Club, Washington, D.C." Shows two men involved in a game of chess, while others watch intently. This print is in very good condition. Some of the text on the back of the page can be seen from the front, but there are no stains or marks on the image. 11x16 in. $50
013chss: 1886 The Smoking Room of the Reporters Gallery, House of Commons. This hand colored engraving is from the cover of the Septemper, 1886 edition of The Graphic. The scene shows men smoking pipes and playing checkers at the House of Commons. size: 11x16 in. $40
015chss: 1931 Vanity Fair Cover.This color lithograph shows a well dressed man and woman playing Bacgkammon, magazine title is spelled with game pieces. From the February 1931 edition of Vanity Fair Magazine. 9.5x12.5in. $40
016chss: 1880 Lithograph: Chess Players. :Les Jouers D'echecs." Illustration from a French book. 8x11 in. $40
018chss: 1883. "A Game At Dominoes". This hand colored engraving shows a group of men playing dominoes together. This genuine antique print is from the January, 1883 edition of The Illustrated London News. 11x16 in. $40
019chss: 1870. "Les Jeux Et Les Joueurs, par M. de Penne". This hand colored engraving shows four illustrations from the French publication L'Illustration, Journal Universel. Four views of people playing dominos, chess, (introduced by foot soldiers), and lansquenet (a silent game of cards). 11x16 in. $40
020chss: This hand colored, wood-engraved prints is from an 1874 issue of Le Monde Illustre. The print is titled "La Comedie - Francaise. - Le Foyer des Artistes." It shows a scene backstage in a French theater. Actors and actresses are standing in the room, talking amongst themselves. In the front of the scene, several actors are gathered around a table playing chess. 16x22 in. $110
021chss: Leading American Chess Players. This hand colored engraving shows the top chess players from 1856. Shows; D.S. Roberts; C.H. Stanley; James Thompson; G. Hammond; T. Loyd; C.D. Mead; H.P. Montgomery; F. Perrin; N. Marache; and W.J.A. Fuller. 7x11 in. $30
022chss: Mate in one move. Very nice hand colored wood engraving from the June 17, 1871 issue of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper. 16x11 in. $50