Chest Collection (page 7)

Boy Charlton, Australian Olympic swimmer
The Australian freestyle swimmer Andrew Murray Charlton (1907-1975), nicknamed Boy Charlton. He won a gold medal in the 1500 metres freestyle event at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris

The Chest Washed Up
The chest, with Thaisa inside it, is washed up on the shores of Ephesus

A Charity Bazaar
A charity Bazaar in aid of the Royal National Hospital for Diseases of the Chest, Ventnor, an opportunity for fashionable folk to relieve their social consciences 1879

Britannia and Eve front cover, February 1951
Front cover of Britannia and Eve magazine featuring a blonde sweater girl model with an impressive torpedo bust and wavy Veronica Lake hairstyle

Filling, weighing and packing tea, Bankside, London
Workers filling, weighing and packing chests of tea at Messrs Travers Wharf, Bankside, London. Date: circa 1902

Tea merchants cutting and mixing machine, London
Workers with a tea merchants cutting and mixing machine at Messrs Travers Wharf, Bankside, London

Billy Blue, Holsworthy Union Workhouse, Devon
Billy Blue, an inmate of the Holsworthy Union workhouse, Devon, pulling a handcart on which is a large chest bearing the workhouses name

Miniatures for Piano, music cover
Cover design for a book of piano music for children, Treasures from an Old Oak Chest, Miniatures for Piano by H Baynton-Power

Cossack riding a horse, Zaporozhye, Ukraine
A Cossack in traditional costume riding a horse with athletic skill during a show, Khortytsaya Island, Zaporozhye, Ukraine

Doctor with stethoscope examines boy
A general practitioner (Dr Meredith) listens with his stethoscope to a boys chest in a rather unconventional looking surgery with tapestries on the walls

Sfax, Tunisia - Outdoor merchant or cures / remedies
Sfax, Tunisia - Outdoor merchant in a truly spectacular hat selling traditional local tunisian cures/remedies by the side of the street

Lighting in John Lennons study
Remarkable tall and thin coloured lighting in John Lennons study. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Funerary equipment of Queen Isa-em-Kheb: a wig and hamper
A little chest of papyrus and the wig of the 21st Dynasty Princess Isa-em-Kheb, as discovered by Professor Maspero at Thebes in Upper Egypt, during his investigation in April 1881

Henry Bakerlate, Yeoman of the Guard
Sergeant-Major Henry Bakerlate of the 61st Regiment, Yeoman of the Guard. he enlisted in 1842, and is still in good health on the occasion of his 83rd birthday

Costume / Children 1855
Girls: broderie Anglaise jacket, plaid skirt, dress with 3 flounces, pantalettes, open body & bands over the chest. Boys: black trousers & round jacket & belted tunics

Dr. Howard Demonstrating Resuscitation, Royal Humane Society
Engraving showing Dr. Howard, Medical Officer of New York Harbour, demonstrating his resusciation technique at the Receiving House of the Royal Humane Society, Hyde Park, London 1878

Norman Mailer / Morgan
NORMAN MAILER American novelist

Young Boy in Sunday Best
An angelic young boy stands before a finely carved chest in a satin suit with short trousers and sandals

Costume Photo 1889
Square corsage that looks like a halterneck, sleeves & chest infilled with an open net, skirt ornamented with jet tassels. White ostrich plume fan, velvet ribbon choker

Robinson Crusoe / Defoe
With this cargo I put to sea Crusoe abandons the sinking wreck with as much equipment as his raft can hold

Girl with Towel / Profile
A dark haired beauty with cats eye make-up holds a striped towel to her chest

Wherever I Lay my Hat
A smiling outdoor girl wearing little more than a large straw hat which she demurely uses to cover her chest

Pin-Up with Bouquet
Pretty blonde woman with a plait holds a bunch of flowers, which include pink roses, against her bare chest

Stanley / Lt. Stairs
Emin Pasha relief expedition : the expedition is attacked by the Avisibba, a cannibal tribe, and Lieutenant Stairs gets an arrow in the chest (fortunately not fatal)

Military / Dress / Scythian
A Scythian warrior armed for battle, with armour on his chest and a heavy sword at his belt

Gypsy Boy & Guinea Pig
A young gypsy boy with bright red hair clutches his pet guinea pig close to his chest at an encampment in Surrey

Jesus, very Trad
JESUS OF NAZARETH displaying his burning heart in the centre of his chest

Bazajet Ransoms Captives
Bajazet, sultan of Turkey, accepts ransom money for the comte de Nevers and other French Knights, captured during a reckless invasion of Turkey near Nicopolis

Field Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener
Caricature of Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener (1850-1916), British Field Marshal and proconsul

Scandinavian chest of drawers
The Swedes call this a bureau, but its really a rather handsome, if somewhat ponderous, chest of drawers

Dissection of upper torso, showing the heart
A dissection of the upper torso of a human body, showing the heart, lungs, veins and arteries

Spirit of Willow Tree
SPIRIT OF THE WILLOW TREE emerges to save the fortunes of Gobeis family, telling him there is a chest of gold buried beneath the tree

Englishwoman 1530
Her low-cut gown with long half-sleeves reveals not only quite a lot of chest but also the under-gown below

Cod Liver Oil / Children
Advertisement for Mellins cod liver oil emulsion, for colds, coughs, chest ailments and wasting sickness

Frozen Food Shop / 1970S
People with trolleys lift the lids and peer into the chest freezers trying to decide which foods to choose. There is a good selection including Kosher meat and poultry

Marra & Golden Dress
Marra (a Serbian Cinderella) takes off the golden dress she wore to church before her stepmother returns

Selling Sweet Oranges
Two ladies in day dress: white muslin gown with gold & green scarf worn across the back, crossing over the chest & tied at the back. A pink dress with black shawl & hat

GIRLs FASHIONS 1846
Pink dress: four scallop edged flounces, tight fitting sleeves with volans & worn with a net pelerine. Hair: covers the ears. Green dress: worn with a shawl & bonnet

Chesting the Ball
A fine example of how to control a football with your chest

Lady and her Linen / 1929
A bias cut dress with V shaped back & cape, narrow sleeves, bell shaped reverse cuffs & soft gored skirt which dips slightly more at the back

De Morgan Excav. / Egypt
De Morgan finds a royal chest at Dahrshar, near Saqquarah

Fringe Trim Beach Robe
A short, sleeveless, button front beach robe with a band of contrasting fringing across the chest which creates a yoke effect and fringing at the hemline

Guard Dog, Lying Dog
An early British Mastiff, a breed which, at this time, was mainly used as a guard. Here the dog is brown, with white on its head, chest and paws

Fur Poncho 1913
Green lined white fur garment somewhat like a cape or poncho with a thick all round fur collar & chinese style embroidered motif on the chest. Worn with a fur toque

Three Kittens in Drawers
A kitten in each drawer. These three kittens appear to be having fun in this small chest of drawers

Stevenson / Poems / Flowers
A boy sits, with knees drawn up towards his chest, in a pretty, English cottage garden surrounded by Hollyhocks, Delphiniums, Sweet Williams, Primulas & Foxgloves

Jewish Pectoral
This is worn by the High Priest on his chest

Polishing Furniture
She polishes a chest of drawers Date: 1923

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