Chess players

Made:
circa 1844
photographer:
William Henry Fox Talbot

A salt print from a calotype negative of two chess players, by William Henry Fox Talbot, about 1844. Antoine Claudet (1797-1867), seated on the right, was one of the first studio-based daguerreotypists in London.

Details

Category:
Photographs
Object Number:
1937-2526/16
Materials:
paper (fibre product)
Measurements:
overall: 198 mm x 147 mm
type:
salt print
credit:
The National Media Museum, Bradford