Chess Pieces
Dublin Core
Title
Chess Pieces
Subject
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Prisoners and prisons
Chess sets
Description
The wooden chess set pieces were carved by Zabdiel Boylston Adams and Fred Guyer during internment at Libby Prison in May 1864. Both were Captains in the Union army and injured and captured at the Battle of Wilderness.
Abstract
Hand carved wooden chess with eighteen pawns, four knights, four rooks, two queens, two kings, and four bishops. Stored in cylindrical box with tin banding at base and on lid.
Creator
Adams, Zabdiel Boylston
Guyer, Frederick
Morrison, Paul (photographer)
Date Created
1864
Rights
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Access Rights
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Is Part Of
Warren Anatomical Museum
Format
model
Extent
Chess set and storage box
Medium
Wood and tin
Type
physical object
Identifier
L015.001.1982
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Wooden chess set.
Physical Dimensions
7.5 H x 8 Dia cm
Files
Collection
Citation
Adams, Zabdiel Boylston, Guyer, Frederick, and Morrison, Paul (photographer), “Chess Pieces,” OnView, accessed September 21, 2023, https://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/items/show/6130.
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