# The Chess Players

- By: William Henry Fox Talbot (English, 1800–1877)
- Date: 1847
- Medium: Salted paper print
- Classification: Photograph
- Dimensions: Image: 19.3 × 14.5 cm (7 5/8 × 5 3/4 in.); Paper: 19.5 × 14.8 cm (7 11/16 × 5 7/8 in.); Mount: 20.4 × 15.4 cm (8 1/16 × 6 1/8 in.)
- Culture: England
- Credit line: Edward E. Ayer Endowment in memory of Charles L. Hutchinson
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/38952)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/276c30da-e057-a43a-919f-06aba4e28c68/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)