Chess Collection

Oxford and Cambridge Chess Match, 19th century

Game of Chess, 1835
Game of Chess, pub by Thomas McLean, 1835 (hand coloured engraving)

Les Joueurs d echecs (Chess players), 15th century. Creator: Anonymous master
Les Joueurs d echecs (Chess players), 15th century. Found in the collection of Musee national du Moyen Age (Musee de Cluny)

Framlingham Castle, 1845. Creator: Unknown
Framlingham Castle, 1845. Norman castle in Suffolk. This picturesque ruin of a fortress of the Middle Ages, stands on the north side of the town of Framlingham, 18 miles north-east of Ipswich

Cats playing with a chessboard. Artist: Goupil and Co
Cats playing with a chessboard

Chess celebrities at the late chess meeting, 1855. Herr Lowenthal, M De Riviere, Mr Wyvill, MP, Herr Falkbeer, Mr Staunton, Lord Lyttelton, Captain Kennedy

Overcheck, 1937. Creator: Klee, Paul (1879-1940)
Overcheck, 1937. Found in the Collection of the Kunsthaus Zurich.

The chess players, 1863-1867. Creator: Daumier, Honoré (1808-1879)
The chess players, 1863-1867. Found in the Collection of the Petit Palais, Musee des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris.

Chess game, 1909. Creator: Unknown
Chess game, 1909. This collection includes more than four hundred photographs of daily life in Yenisei Province in the late tsarist period

Osaka Castle, 1865. Creator: Unknown
Osaka Castle, 1865

Mr. Morphy, the Celebrated Chessplayer, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Mr. Morphy, the Celebrated Chessplayer, 1858....this remarkable young chessplayer...[has performed an] astounding feat at Birmingham in conducting eight games blindfold at the same time against eight

AI IMAGE - Portrait of Che Guevara playing chess, 1960s, (2023). Creators: Heritage Images, Che Guevara
AI IMAGE - Portrait of Che Guevara playing chess, 1960s, (2023). Ernesto Che Guevara was an Argentine Marxist revolutionary, physician, author, guerrilla leader, diplomat, and military theorist

AI IMAGE - Portrait of Che Guevara playing chess, 1960s, (2023). Creators: Heritage Images, Che Guevara
AI IMAGE - Portrait of Che Guevara playing chess, 1960s, (2023). Ernesto Che Guevara was an Argentine Marxist revolutionary, physician, author, guerrilla leader, diplomat, and military theorist

Men playing chess, 1875-1934. Creator: Isaac Lazerus Israels
Men playing chess, 1875-1934

Women Playing a Game of Chess, c1700. Creator: Unknown
Women Playing a Game of Chess, c1700

Relics from the Buried City of Brahmunabad, in Sind - Chessmen, Portion of Chess-board... 1857. Creator: Unknown
Relics from the Buried City of Brahmunabad, in Sind - Chessmen, Portion of Chess-board, Dice, etc, 1857. 8th- or 9th-century objects excavated at his own expense by Mr. A. F

Foxhunters Regaling in the Present "Degenerate" Days - drawn by John Leech, 1856. Creator: Joseph Swain
Foxhunters Regaling in the Present "Degenerate" Days - drawn by John Leech, 1856. Men can now dine and return to the drawing-room; and, with such temptations as Mr

'The Church Congress at Ryhl, North Wales and Views in the Neighbourhood; Rhuddlan Castle, 1891. Creator: Unknown
'The Church Congress at Ryhl, North Wales and Views in the Neighbourhood; Rhuddlan Castle, 1891. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 44. July to December, 1891

A party of chess players outside a Turkish coffeehouse and barbershop, 1845. Creator: Martinus Rorbye
A party of chess players outside a Turkish coffeehouse and barbershop, 1845

Alice in Wonderland, Portland, OR, 1938. Creator: Unknown
Alice in Wonderland, Portland, OR, 1938. Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland" - Dramatized by Dean Collins - Songs - Dances - Original Music...Oregon W.P.A. Theatre'

Miranda fait une partie d'échec avec Ferdinand qu'elle accuse, en plaisantant, de tricher, 1822
Miranda fait une partie d'echec avec Ferdinand qu'elle accuse, en plaisantant, de tricher, 1822. Miranda plays chess with Ferdinand who she jokingly accuses of cheating

Joueurs d'échecs, between 1863 and 1867. Creator: Honore Daumier
Joueurs d'echecs, between 1863 and 1867. The Chess Players

Ancient carving, between 1909 and 1923. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Ancient carving, between 1909 and 1923
Ancient carving, between 1909 and 1923. Possibly a chess piece

"Mont Orgueil Castle, Jersey" - painted by J. Wilson, Jun, 1854. Creator: Unknown
"Mont Orgueil Castle, Jersey" - painted by J. Wilson, Jun, 1854. This spirited sea-piece was exhibited at the British Institution last year...it is a beautiful scene, pure in colouring

Chess players, 1886. Creator: Wentzel, Gustav (1859-1927)
Chess players, 1886. Found in the Collection of the Nasjonalmuseet for Kunst, Arkitektur og Design, Oslo

Chess players, 1886. Creator: Wentzel, Gustav (1859-1927)
Chess players, 1886. Found in the Collection of the Nasjonalmuseet for Kunst, Arkitektur og Design, Oslo

The Rhuddlan Royal Eisteddfod Prize Medal, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Rhuddlan Royal Eisteddfod Prize Medal, 1850. This interesting Medal has been designed and executed in gold and silver, by Mr

The Rhuddlan Royal Eisteddvod - Rhuddlan Castle, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Rhuddlan Royal Eisteddvod - Rhuddlan Castle, [in Wales], 1850. View of...the exterior of Rhuddlan Castle from the St. Asaph side of the bridge

The Rhuddlan Royal Eisteddvod in Rhuddlan Castle, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Rhuddlan Royal Eisteddvod in Rhuddlan Castle, [Wales], 1850. Harpists performing. About half-past ten the Welsh harpers struck up the air "Morfa Rhuddlan

The Rhuddlan Royal Eisteddvod - the Procession to the Castle, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Rhuddlan Royal Eisteddvod - the Procession to the Castle, 1850. Cultural event in Wales. The Castle ruins cover about two acres and a half; and the lofty western walls, covered with moss and ivy

Chess-Players, 1891. Creator: Anders Leonard Zorn
Chess-Players, 1891

Members of the Krasnoyarsk chess circle, participants of the telegraphic match between.... 1888. Creator: Lukhtanska
Members of the Krasnoyarsk chess circle, participants of the telegraphic match between the teams of Krasnoyarsk and St. Petersburg from 11 November 1886 to September 1888

"Checkmate - Next Move", by J. C. Horsley, A.R.A. from the exhibition of the Royal Academy, 1862. Creator: H
"Checkmate - Next Move", by J. C. Horsley, A.R.A. from the exhibition of the Royal Academy, 1862. Engraving of a painting

The chess players in the sculptor's studio, around 1870. Creator: Joseph Eugen Horwarter
The chess players in the sculptor's studio, around 1870

Beserks Biting their Shields - The Lewis Chessmen, (Norwegian?), c1150-c1200
The Lewis Chessmen, (Norwegian?), c1150-c1200. Wild-eyed berserkers biting their shields from a collection of ninety-three pieces found at Uig on the Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland

The Chess Players, ca. 1475. Creator: Liberale da Verona
The Chess Players, ca. 1475

Plan of the Osaka Second or Summer Campaign, 1615. 1903. Creator: Unknown
Plan of the Osaka Second or Summer Campaign, 1615, 1903. The siege of Osaka was a series of battles by the Tokugawa shogunate against the Toyotomi clan

Plan of the Osaka First or Winter Campaign, 1614, 1903. Creator: Unknown
Plan of the Osaka First or Winter Campaign, 1614, 1903. The siege of Osaka was a series of battles by the Tokugawa shogunate against the Toyotomi clan

Libro de los juegos, ajedrez, dados y tablas (Book of games, chess, dice and tables by Alphonse X the Wise, page with a chess illustration

The chess tournament at the Cafe de la Regence (From Le Monde Illustre), 1874. Found in the collection of I. Turgenev Memorial Museum, Moscow

The Madonna of the Meadow, c1500. Artist: Giovanni Bellini
The Madonna of the Meadow, c1500. In the foreground the Virgin Mary in a blue cloak looks down on Jesus sleeping in her lap

Louis Paulsen, the Blindfold American Chessplayer - from a photograph by Hesler, of Chicago, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Louis Paulsen, the Blindfold American Chessplayer - from a photograph by Hesler, of Chicago, 1858. Child prodigy who emigrated to America from Germany

Heavenly Scene with the Gods of Olympus Surrounding a Chess Board, 1723-1741. Creator: John Carwitham
Heavenly Scene with the Gods of Olympus Surrounding a Chess Board, Poseidon and Pan Below, 1723-1741

A Game at Chess, 1780. Creator: James Bretherton
A Game at Chess, 1780

Chess Piece: Knight, Hochst, 1762/96. Creator: Hochst Factory
Chess Piece: Knight, Hochst, 1762/96

Game Board for Chess and Backgammon, Bohemia, c. 1700. Creator
Game Board for Chess and Backgammon, Bohemia, c. 1700

Marquetry Table: Showing Inlay Top, 1937. Creator: Geoffrey Holt
Marquetry Table: Showing Inlay Top, 1937

Checker-board Table-tilt Top, c. 1936. Creator: Magnus S. Fossum
Checker-board Table-tilt Top, c. 1936

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