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Checkmate
1866
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
55.1 × 68.5 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1870
Gallery location
19th Century European Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International
About this work
This is a replica of another painting by Webb now in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, which is signed and dated 1864. In a game of chess between a village squire and a schoolmaster, the squire appears to have won the contest. After studying at the Amsterdam and Antwerp Academies, Charles Webb settled in Dusseldorf, where he became known as a painter of genre subjects, particularly from English life and history.
Artwork Details
Inscription
inscribed in black paint l.l.: C. M. Webb 1866. Pt.
Accession Number
p.302.9-1
Department
International Painting
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited
Subjects (general)
Daily Life Human Figures Leisure, Games and Sport
Subjects (specific)
board games (activities) chess chess players men (male humans) pipes (smoking equipment) recreation scenes (depictions) smoking (activity)
Provenance
With James W. Hines (dealer), Melbourne, by 1870; from where purchased for the NGV, 1870[1].
[1] See ‘New Pictures in the National Gallery’, in The Argus, Melbourne, Thursday 15 September 1870, p. 5, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5831890
Frame
This classical revival scotia frame has hand cut flutes in the scotia and is large in scale for the painting. A number of small format nineteenth century paintings have over scale frames like this, in part to hold a place on the walls of the Academy or Salon.
The painting was cleaned in 2006.
Frame Details
Framemaker
Unknown - 19th century
Frame Condition
good original condition