Object within Schaaf no. 2613

Two men playing chess seated against a backdrop

Created: Between 1 Sep 1841 and 30 Sep 1841

Image size: h 9.9cm x w 13.1cm

Object Type: Paper Negative-Camera

Physical description: waxed; three corners clipped; negative trimmed after printing

Inscription: in pencil, recto, upper left: Septr. 1841 [day of week is cut off]; pencil rule lines

Owner: Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History

Object owner number: 1995.0206.063

Collection: Photographic History Collection

The man seated on the left is probably Nicolaas Henneman.

Image from the collections of the British Library (usage terms: Public Domain)