Justice Alonzo Morphy's son, Paul Charles Morphy (1837-1884)

ID: 3033 ~ Source: Paul Charles Morphy, 1837 to 1884, half-length portrait facing left, seated at chess board. C, 1859. Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2001697701/. (Accessed August 05, 2016.) ~ Date: 1859

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Paul Morphy was a world famous chess champion. This wood engraving, a tobacco package label depicts Paul Morphy in his early twenties. The use of his portrait here demonstrates his fame within elite societies of the United States and Europe.

This file appears in: Former Home the Morphys: a Louisiana Supreme Court Judge and his World Chess Champion Son

Former Home the Morphys: a Louisiana Supreme Court Judge and his World Chess Champion Son

By Mary Ann Wegmann, The Law Library of Louisiana & University of New Orleans History Department

Directly across the street from the Louisiana Supreme Court building is 417 Royal Street, best known as the former home of Brennan’s Restaurant. In the mid-1800s, this building was the residence of…