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(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(s):
- Collective work
- Publisher:
- Mexico City: M. Murguia y Cía., 1854
- Open Library:
- View record
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.
Keywords: 1850s, 19th century, Album of types, black & white, game, male, sullen


