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    		• Eakins, Thomas,
     
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    		• Figure group -- Male
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Eakins, Benjamin
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Gardel, Bertrand
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Holmes, George W.
     
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    		• Recreation -- Sport & Play
     
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    		• Architecture interior -- Domestic
     
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    		• Object -- Foodstuff
     
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    		• Painting
     
     
    The Chess Players, (painting).
    Artist: 
    Eakins, Thomas, 1844-1916, painter.
    Title: 
    The Chess Players, (painting).
    Dates: 
    1876.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image
    Medium: 
    Oil on wood.
    Dimensions: 
    11 3/4 x 16 3/4 in. (29.8 x 42.5 cm).
    Inscription: 
    (On drawer of central table:) Benjamini. Eakins. Filius. Pinxit. 76. signed
    Description: 
    Interior scene depicting the artist's father Benjamin Eakins (1818-1899) watching a chess game between his friends Bertrand Gardel (ca. 1808-1885), a French teacher, seated on the left, and George W. Holmes (ca. 1812-1895), a painter and art teacher, seated on the right. The scene takes place in the parlor of the Eakins's home at 1729 Mount Vernon Street in Philadelphia. The parlor, which is decorated with Renaissance revival furniture, includes a small table to the side holding a decanter of wine and several wine glasses.
    Subject: 
    Figure group -- Male
    Portrait male -- Eakins, Benjamin -- Full length
    Portrait male -- Gardel, Bertrand -- Full length
    Portrait male -- Holmes, George W. -- Full length
    Recreation -- Sport & Play -- Chess
    Architecture interior -- Domestic -- Living Room
    Object -- Foodstuff -- Wine
    Object Type: 
    Painting
    Owner: 
    Metropolitan Museum of Art, 5th Avenue at 82nd Street, New York, New York 10028 Accession Number: 81.14
    Provenance: 
    Formerly in the collection of Eakins, Thomas, until 1881.
    Exhibitions: 
    Centennial International Exhibition, Philadelphia, 1876, (no. 49).
    Remarks: 
    The Latin inscription on the drawer of the central table is translated as Painted by the Son of Benjamin Eakins 76.
    References: 
    Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1975.
    Spassky, Natalie, "American Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volume II: A Catalogue of Works by Artists Born between 1816 and 1845," New York, NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1985, pg. 600.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Spassky, Natalie, "American Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volume II: A Catalogue of Works by Artists Born between 1816 and 1845," New York, NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1985, pg. 601.
    Note: 
    The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
    Repository: 
    Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
    Control Number: 
    IAP 36120358
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