Story: The voyage out
The tedium of long days at sea was broken by a number of entertainments or diversions, most of them organised by the passengers themselves. Depicted here are two men enjoying a game of chess on the Pegasus in 1865.
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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: A-277-016
Ink and watercolour sketch
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