Celebrated chess match at Parsloe's [graphic]

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Title: Celebrated chess match at Parsloe's [graphic]
Creator: Cook, Thomas, approximately 1744-1818, printmaker
Published / Created: [1794]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: publisher not identified
Description: Title from time.
Publication date based on the Gentleman's magazine's account of a chess match played by Philidor in the presence of the Turkish ambassador, February 23, 1794.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Temporary local subject terms: Turkish ambassador -- Clubs: Parsloe's Chess Club-- Furniture: chairs -- Furnishings: framed pictures -- Picture frames -- Male costume, ca. 1794.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, v. iii.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 11.4 x 16.7 cm, on sheet 12 x 18 cm
Language: English

Genre: Etchings England London 1794
Periodical illustrations
Material: etching ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England
London.
Subject (Name): Philidor, F. D. 1726-1795. (François Danican),
Subject (Topic): Blindfolds
Chess
Clubs
Dogs
Fire screens
Fireplaces
Subjects: Philidor, F. D. (François Danican), 1726-1795
Blindfolds
Chess
Clubs > England > London
Dogs
Fire screens
Fireplaces
England > London > 1794

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