The Chess Player

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A man sitting in a café plays chess on his own, carefully pondering his next move

The chess player.

(Facing p. 159.)

Artist

Name:: Iriarte, Hesiquio
Dates:: ca. 1820-ca. 1897
Country:: Mexico

Illustration

Subject:: People
Technique:: Lithograph
Lithographer:: M. Murguia y Cía.
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: Robarts Library, The Internet Archive

Book

Title:: Los mexicanos pintados por si mismos
Author:: Collective work
Publisher:: Mexico City: M. Murguia y Cía., 1854
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Description:

A man in a top hat is sitting in a café, cigar butts littering the floor under the table as he plays chess on his own and carefully ponders his next move while hovering a piece above the board.

The caption reads in the original Spanish: El jugador de ajedrez.

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