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Artist and publisher James Bretherton British
After Henry William Bunbury British
Not on view
Within an oval, two women play chess at a square table, their game watched by a young man. All three wear turbans, and they are accompanied by three dogs, with pillars and drapery framing the figures.
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Title: A Game at Chess
Artist and publisher:
James Bretherton (British, active 1750–99)
Artist:
After Henry William Bunbury (British, Mildenhall, Suffolk 1750–1811 Keswick, Cumberland)
Date: 1780
Medium: Etching and drypoint
Dimensions: Sheet: 13 9/16 × 20 3/4 in. (34.4 × 52.7 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1966
Object Number: 66.544.22
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