Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Fifty-Year Chess Game
Two bearded players face one another across a small board within a low arched frame. Their long sleeves and curling beards almost meet over the pieces. The adjoining ending describes the inherited chess game that has lasted fifty years before Eean’s instruction brings it to a conclusion.
Read the source pageLoading your collection…
Citation
Dugald Stuart Walker (as credited in the source). "The Fifty-Year Chess Game" [editorial title]. In The Boy Apprenticed to an Enchanter, Padraic Colum; illustrated by Dugald Stuart Walker. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1920; illustrated by Dugald Stuart Walker., 1920, The Macmillan Company. Source scan leaf 172. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0420-0165
Source details
Editorial title and description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
Descriptive title supplied for the visually reviewed historical illustration. The surrounding book presents the original author's interpretation.
Sources
From the book
The Boy Apprenticed to an EnchanterPadraic Colum; illustrated by Dugald Stuart Walker1920More from this book
The Running Figure and the High Castle
The Enchanter among the Serpents
The King of Babylon and the MagusRelated illustrations
Cite this illustration
Dugald Stuart Walker (as credited in the source). The Fifty-Year Chess Game. The Boy Apprenticed to an Enchanter. Scan leaf 172. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0420-0165