Why it matters
Eakins's father Benjamin watches a chess game between an elderly French teacher and the younger painter George Holmes in a dark Victorian parlour. Holmes seems to be winning, having taken his opponent's queen.
Did you know?
- It was painted in 1876.
- It is a small oil on wood panel.
- Eakins painted it for his father.
Based on the Wikipedia article The Chess Players (Eakins) (CC BY-SA 4.0).
