St. Amant, 1844. Portrait of French chess player Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint-Amant, who '...may safely be pronounced the most brilliant [chess] player of the present #xa0;Monsieur St. Amant, when young, filled a situation as Clerk to the Colonies, in which he remained a few years. Finding such occupation monotonous, he returned to Paris, joined the theatrical profession, and appeared at the Theatre Francais as a comedian. After two or three first appearances he abandoned this line of life, and subsequently wine-merchant. It was not until after he had fretted his hour on th
St. Amant, 1844. Portrait of French chess player Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint-Amant, who '...may safely be pronounced the most brilliant [chess] player of the present #xa0;Monsieur St. Amant, when young, filled a situation as Clerk to the Colonies, in which he remained a few years. Finding such occupation monotonous, he returned to Paris, joined the theatrical profession, and appeared at the Theatre Francais as a comedian. After two or three first appearances he abandoned this line of life, and subsequently wine-merchant. It was not until after he had fretted his hour on the stage that he applied himself studiously to the year 1836, and again we believe, in 1839, St. Amant visited London, played with our best players, and returned to his home crowned with victories'. From "Illustrated London News", 1844, Vol V.
Size: 3651px × 4960px
Photo credit: © The Print Collector / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: &, /, 19th, black, board, britain, british, century, charles, chess, collector, country, de, engraving, fournier, france, french, game, grand, guy, illustrated, iln, leisure, location, london, male, man, master, men, news, newspaper, newspapers, nineteenth, pastime, people, pierre, player, portrait, press, print, saint-amant, unknown, victorian, white
