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Vouloir jouer aux échecs contre soi-même est aussi paradoxal que vouloir marcher sur son ombre. Stefan Zweig.
George and Martha Washington, their family, and guests likely spent hours playing with this chess set in Mount Vernon's Front Parlor. Chess would have resonated with George Washington as a game of strategy with strong military symbolism. This chess set is one of few objects that survive related to the couple's leisurely pursuits.
Chess Set And Box
Made in France, about 1785
Ivory, wood
Chess Board
Probably made in America or England, 18th century
Wood
Oct 1937 Sadler's Wells. Checkmate. The Red King [Robert Helpmann] and his young wife the Red Queen [Pamela May]. Taken from the Dress Circle of Sadler's Wells Theatre.
Photo by Merlyn Severn [Dorothy Susan Harvey. London 1897 - Exeter 1973] taken from the Dress Circle of Sadler's Wells Theatre during actual performances using only the stage lighting.
The UK premiere of Checkmate was on 5 October 1937 at Sadler's Wells.
May and Helpmann had created these part at the world première on 15 June 1937 at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris.
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There's a section in Washington Park where you can sit any play chess. The area is full of chess hustlers who will play you at speed chess for a "donation" if they beat you!
Poor Seifer, should have kept away from the wine. Serves him right.
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Sir Almasy played by Seifer (Iplehouse Arvid RS)
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+Seifer wears clothes by Freedom Teller+
"Checkmate" quilt pattern by Vanessa Goertzen of Lella Boutique. Fabric is Juniper Berry by Basic Grey for Moda.
A popular photographic motif in Vienna is the Spittelau waste incineration plant, whose façade was redesigned and given its present colorful, irregular structures by eco-architect Friedensreich Hundertwasser following a major fire in 1989. Since then, the former utility building has combined the topics of waste, energy and art in a fascinating way. On a tour of the plant, visitors get an insight into Vienna's waste, recycling and disposal system, as well as the environmentally friendly generation of thermal heat and hot water.
...taken by the Spittelau district heating plant, redesigned by Hundertwasser...
Vienna, Austria...