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The
Chess Players Salted paper print from paper negative, 19.8 x 14.7 cm / 22.8 x 16.8 cm, by Antoine Claudet or Nicolaas Henneman, c. 1845 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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Previously attributed to William Henry Fox Talbot, the print shows Antoine Claudet (with white hair) engaging in a game of chess with another gentleman. A very early example of chess captured in photography, the stark illumination creates a sense of tension by spotlighting the players’ faces and hands, giving the scene a theatrical quality. |
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