(Sir) Laurence Alma-Tadema - Egyptian Chess Players

1865
Chess was actually unknown to the Egyptians but they did play a similar sort of game they called senet, or 'hounds and jackals'.



[Portrait of Miss Laura Theresa Epps (Lady Alma-Tadema)]
1882-3

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Alma-Tadema
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Theresa_Epps



[Spring Flowers]
1911
oil on panel

The model is probably Marian Tattershall.