The Checker Players

Date1850

Object PlaceUnited States, North America

MediumOil on canvas

ClassificationsPaintings

Dimensions30 × 25 inches (76.2 × 63.5 cm)

Credit LineGift of Dexter M. Ferry, Jr.

Object number52.27

DescriptionTwo men at a checkerboard, one leans over a counter and watches. The man on the right moves his black checker. The walls are covered with shelving. Predominantly shades of brown.

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Locations

Storage - Long-term Demo Museum (Hanover Square), East Wing, American Art, Paintings 1

ProvenanceN.J. Eaton, St. Louis, by 1864 John J. Herrick, Tarrytown, New York George T. Herrick, Tarrytown, New York John B. Ingham, Pittsburgh The Old Print Shop, New York, 1952 Acquired in 1952.