• Title
  Item 01: Wooden chess set belonging to Matthew Flinders
• Call number
  R 48/Item 1
  
• Level of description
  item
• Date
  
  1800-1830
• Type of material
  Objects
• Reference code
  852647
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  32 chess pieces, 1 box - wooden - king 8.8 x 2.6 cm, queen 8.36 x 2.73 cm, bishop 7.16 x 2.35 cm, knight 7.05 x 2.46 cm, rook 5.3 x 2.1 cm, pawn 5.3 x 2.1 cm
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  The chess set was probably given to Flinders by one of his closest friends on Mauritius, Mr Labauve, who presented him with a chess set on 1 April 1810 for his entertainment on the return voyage to England. Flinders is said to have used this chess set on Mauritius.
• Scope and Content
  Turned wooden chess set, with 16 white and 16 black pieces, stored in crude wooden box (a now illegible inscription is visible on lid). Box measures 9 x 16.3 x 9.6 cm.
• Access Conditions
  
  Access via appointment
• Copying Conditions
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• General note
  
  For brief notes on this chess set, see Mike Darlow, "Matthew Flinders' Chess Set" in the Australian Woodworker", Nov/Dec 2004 p.52.
  Digital order no:Album ID : 852681
• Subject
  Chess sets.
  Flinders, Matthew, 1774-1814.
  
• Exhibited in
  
  Possessed : an exhibition of treasures - State Library of New South Wales (4 March - 29 June, 1997)
  Matthew Flinders : The Ultimate Voyage - State Library of New South Wales
  Learning Services Program display 2012-2013 - State Library of New South Wales (February, 2012 - August, 2013)
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE14016294

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