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Description	Two men in mediæval clothing [US: medeval] sit with a draughts [US: drafts or checkers] board balance between their knees. Two other men, one a knight in armour, the other perhaps a page boy, watch on.
Date	circa 1845
Source	Knight, Charles: “Old England: A Pictorial Museum” (1845)
Author	Knight, Charles (?)

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