Paul Morphy, the Chess Champion

published 1859

George H. Hayes

Artist, American, active 1853/1859

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    wood engraving on newsprint

  • Credit Line

    Avalon Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 18.9 x 15.1 cm (7 7/16 x 5 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 38.8 x 28 cm (15 1/4 x 11 in.)

  • Accession

    1986.31.180

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Foster 1940, no. 24

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Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1940

  • Foster, Allen Evarts. "A check list of illustrations by Winslow Homer appearing in various periodicals; a supplement." Bulletin of the New York Public Library 44 (1940): 537-539.

1969

  • Gelman 1969, no.71.

1977

  • Kelsey 1977, no.60.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: WH; lower right in plate: HAYES; lower center: PAUL MORPHY, THE CHESS CHAMPION.

Wikidata ID

Q74073224

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