Chest Collection (page 3)

Moloo Brothers & Co, Dar-es-Salaam, East Africa
The general store of Moloo Brothers & Co, stamp dealers and money changers, goldsmiths, jewellers, tailors and outfitters, Acacia Avenue, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanganyika

Moloo Brothers & Co, Main Street, Zanzibar, Tanzania
Moloo Brothers & Co, Main Street, Zanzibar, Tanganyika, British East Africa (now Tanzania). Claimed to be the largest curio shop in East Africa, selling silk, ivory and other items. Date: circa 1920s

Painted chest depicting a king on his chariot attacking an enemy. ca. 1340 BC. Detail, the Pharaoh fighting against the Nubians. Found at the Treasure of Tutankhamun. Painted wood

EGAS, ENRIQUE DE (1455-1534)
Greco, Dom nikos Theotokpoulos, called El (1541-1614). The Nobleman with his Hand on his Chest. This man could be

Children and Redcoats at Butlins holiday camp
A group of smiling children, with Redcoats and a few parents in the background, at Butlins holiday camp in Filey, North Yorkshire. The camp clown bares his chest for the benefit of the camera

1930s Poor housing at Bethnal Green
Interior of a cramped one-room dwelling at Bethnal Green. The cramped room contains a double-bed, old pram, and unwashed teacups on a chest of drawers. Date: circa 1936

Dinka Man - Sudan, Africa
A fine portrait photograph of a man of the Dinka Tribe, Sudan, showing ritual scarification on the chest, headdress, neck beads and wound torc

Scandalous Frocks 1908
Brazen women cause a scandal at the French races in their decollete gowns which use transparent fabrics over the chest in order to conform to the fashion for high collars

Ufos / Michalak
Steven Michalak encounters a UFO at Falcon Lake, Canada. He investigates the craft, but receives a grid like burn to his chest

Costume / Poiret / Wool Coat
Paul Poiret creation: collarless purple wool coat bordered in gold & white & with a bold floral design on the chest & hem

Medical Examination 1940
A doctor examines a little boys chest with his stethoscope during a visit to a Toddlers Evacuation Hotel, where he caused quite a stir amongst curious tots!

Chest warmer with comic verse on a Christmas card
Chest warmer with comic verse on a Christmas and New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Shaped greetings card, a seasonable chest-protector. Date: circa 1890s

The Ratification of the Treaty of Munster, 1648, by Gerard t
Gerard ter Borch (1617-1681). Dutch painter. The Ratification of the Treaty of Munster, 1648. Rijksmuseum. Amsterdam. Holland

Romanesque Art. Spain. Chest of Saint Aemilian of Cogolla. I
Romanesque Art. Spain. Chest of Saint Aemilian of Cogolla. Middle of 11th century. Decorated with ivory carvings that represents his life

Nuptial Chest. 15th century, By Giovanni di Ser Giovanni Lo
Giovanni di Ser Giovanni, known as Lo Scheggia (1406-1486). Italian painter. Nuptial Chest (cassone). In the front, the triumphal entry of Romulus and Tatius in Rome

Greek Art. Goddesses rearing children. Ny Carlsberg Glyptote
Ancient Greek Art. Archaic Period (700 B.C-480 B.C.). Goddesses rearing children. Terracotta. Statuette. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Copenhagen. Denmark

King Shamshi-Adad V
Stela of Shamshi-Adad V (824-811 BC). King of Assyria. From the Temple of Nabu, from Nimrud (Iraq). Detail. British Museum. London. United Kingdom

Coffer of scribe. Spain
Coffer of scribe. Made of wood with mother-of-pearl inlay work. Granadine Circle. 14th century. National Archaeological Museum. Madrid. Spain

Bedroom Furniture 1890S
The Audlem Bedroom suite, comprising hazel-wood wardrobe, wash- stand and dressing chest, and two strong chairs - all these can be yours for just 9.17.6 ! Date: 1890s

Pelican Blood Donor
The female pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus) is supposed in legend to peck her own chest and give her blood to her young when no other food is available. Date: circa 1650

Solomon Islands Women
Women of Rennell Island, Solomons (Polynesia) tattooed on arms and legs, chest and belly Date: 1908

Boys playing in street, Balham, SW London
Boys playing in a street in Balham, SW London. They seem to be playing a game where the loser has to take off an item of clothing. Date: circa 1961

Casket on wood depicting... Egyptian art
Painted chest depicting a king on his chariot attacking an enemy. ca. 1340 BC. Found at the Treasure of Tutankhamun. Painted wood. Small chest for sandals. Egyptian art. New Kingdom. Furniture

Italy - An Italian Flower Girl
Coloured lantern slide of young Italian women wearing red/ orange dress with a basket of flowers (roses). She is clasping a rose to her chest.. Part of Box 214, Italy Coloured, Boswell Collection

American boxers Joe Louis and Billy Conn, New York, USA
American boxers Joe Louis and Billy Conn weighing in before a fight, New York, USA. They fought each other twice, in 1941 and 1946; Louis won both matches. Date: 1940s

Knitted helmet, WW1 knitting, comforts for soldiers
Photograph and pattern written by Marjory Tillotson for Baldwins yarn manufacturers, to make a knitted helmet with cap pieces - one of numerous comforts for soldiers suggested during the First World

Checked knitted chess board vest, WW1
A British soldier proudly displaying a knitted vest under his jacket which, as well as eeping him warm, doubles as a portable chess and draughts board

Sinhalese man, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1890s

The koto, a Japanese musical instrument
A Japanese musician plays the KOTO, a harp-like instrument played horizontally on the floor

Rum Drink List at Don the Beachcomer
Reproduction of the illustration used on the front cover of the Rum Drink List at Don the Beachcomer (" Host to Diplomat and Beachcomer, Pirate and Prince")

Paradise and the Peri - The Treasure from the watercolour
This illustration of a woman discovering a chest of treasure is based on Schumanns music and Thomas Moores poem Lalla Rookh. Date: Christmas Number 1923

Vantile Mack, the Infant Lambert, or the Giant Baby!! 7 years old. Weighs 257 pounds! Measures 61 inches around the chest!! 36 inches around the leg!! With his Mother, only 24 years of age

Guinea, Africa - A Fula Woman from Timbo
Guinea, Africa - A woman from Timbo - a town and sub-prefecture in the Mamou Prefecture in the Mamou Region of Guinea. It is located in the Fouta Djallon highlands of Guinea

Oh, well, she knows the ropes by Merlin Enabnit
Pin up girl by Merlin Enabnit (1903-1979) wearing boxing gloves posed strategically across her chest. Enabnit was born in Des Moines, Iowa and was a successful commercial artist

Lady on a Lobster
A woman in a green dress with a black mask across her bare chest rides a red lobster side saddle

Richmond / Henry Fitzroy
HENRY FITZROY DUKE OF RICHMOND Illegitimate son of HENRY VIII - his mother was ELIZABETH BLOUNT

Tom Sawyer / Huck / Treasure
Tom, Huck & the treasure: " It was the treasure box, sure enough, occupying a snug little cavern, along with an empty powder-keg, "

Chu Chin Chow by Oscar Asche. The forty thieves descend into the robbers cave (scene 7). Despite the title, the story was taken from the Arabian Nights

Alabaster heads from Tutankhamuns tomb
Three Alabaster heads portraying Tutankhamun (reigned 13321323 BC) from his tomb, as discovered by Howard Carter among others in 1922 in the Valley of Kings

Three people relaxing, Lessingen, Germany, WW2
Three people relaxing at Lessingen, Germany, July 1945. 1945

Young fashionable lady searches for linen in her Dower Chest
A fashionable young lady kneels in front of an Old English oak Dower chest, searching for a specific item of household linen! Date: 1923

X-Ray - Human Male Chest. Part of Box 165 Boswell Collection - X-Rays. Date: circa 1900

Marchese Ambrogio Spinola (1569-1630) by Peter Paul Rubens (
Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640). Flemish painter. Portrait of Marchese Ambrogio Spinola (1569-1630). National Gallery. Prague. Czech Republic

Saint John the Baptist, c. 1470, by Master of the Statues of
Master of the Statues of Koudewater (active c. 1460-1480). Saint John the Baptist, c. 1470. Rijksmuseum. Amsterdam. Holland

The bodhisattva Manjushri, 9th century. Andesite. Indonesia, Central Java. Rijksmuseum. Amsterdam. Holland

Interior with Women beside a Linen Cupboard, 1663, by Pieter
Pieter de Hooch (1629-c.1683). Dutch painter. Interior with Women beside a Linen Cupboard, 1663. Rijskmuseum. Amsterdam. Holland

Egyptian button of a chest. New Kingdom
Button of a chest with the cartouche of Tiy. New Kingdom. 18th Dynasty. 1388-1351 BC. Neues Museum. Berlin. Germany

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