Children watch two young chess players on the immigrant ship Duke of Portland, in 1851. Among settler families in New Zealand it was often the older children who passed on knowledge of traditional games to their younger siblings and friends. Many games from the immigrants' countries of origin became established in colonial New Zealand.
Using this item
Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference:
E-455-f-007-04
Ink and wash drawing by John Pearse
Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.
Add new comment