Chewing Collection

Okapi chewing leaves
Okapi eating leaves from a tree branch drawn for Drawing at the Zoo published in 1949. The okapi is a native of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in central Africa

Main Street, Grass Valley, Nevada County, California, USA
Main Street, Grass Valley (mining town), Nevada County, California, USA. Date: circa 1908

His Broadcast Masters Voice by George Studdy
A spoof on the famous His Masters Voice logo featuring a dog listening to a gramophone; Bonzo, the comic canine creation of George Studdy

Dog, 3 Cows in Field
Whos Afraid : a perky little dog keeps an eye on three cows, who seem more interested in chewing grass than bothering about him

Wrigleys Chewing Gum Ad
Wrigleys Double Mint chewing gum advertised as a beauty aid

The Ball Boy by George Studdy
Bonzo, the comic canine creation of George Studdy sits at the edge of a tennis court and rather naughtily chews his way through a number of tennis balls

Gremlin and Pilot
A Gremlin tries to fog the aircrafts windscreen with his breath, but the pilot foils him by chewing a carrot to improve his sight

Music cover, Choo'n Gum, sung by Teresa Brewer, words by Mann Curtis, music by Vic Mizzy, introduced by Richard Attenborough in his Record Rendezvous Date: 1950

Advert for Sen-Sen Chewing Gum, showing a Japanese woman in a blue kimono. Date: 1901

Comic postcard, Little girl at the seaside with goat Date: 20th century

American sweetgum and mastic tree
American sweetgum tree, Liquidambar styraciflua 1, and mastic tree, Pistacia lentiscus 2. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder

ADVERT / CHEWING GUM 1925
Black Jack chewing gum in licorice flavour Date: 1925

Fidos eaten the FRONT of my backless (swimming costume). A slightly risque humorous comment of the fad for backless bathing attire at this time. Date: 1934

Sailors exercising their jaws on a comic French postcard by Poli. Date: circa 1930s

View of the lights at Piccadilly Circus, London
A view of the lights by night at Piccadilly Circus, central London. There are various neon adverts for Max Factor, Associated Rediffusion, Gordons Gin, Wrigleys Chewing Gum, BP, Skol

Woman police officer at Piccadilly Circus, London, surrounded by pedestrians on a busy day. She is wearing the new style Norman Hartnell uniform, introduced in 1968. Date: circa late 1960s

Christmas advertisement, Wrigleys PK Chewing Gum -- good to chew and good for you! 1957

Testing teeth, illustration by William Heath Robinson
Testing artificial teeth in a modern tooth works, illustration by William Heath Robinson. Credit must appear as: Courtesy of Mrs J. C. Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/Mary Evans Picture Library Date: 1947

The Studdy Dog - His Masters Vice by George Studdy
The Studdy Dog, later known as Bonzo, the canine creation of George Studdy featured in an article on animal caricature in The Strand magazine

The Studdy Dog - Whos Calling Me Names by George Studdy
The Studdy Dog, later known as Bonzo, the canine creation of George Studdy, featured in an article on animal caricatures in The Strand magazine

London Buses
Three London buses, with steps at the back to enable passengers to hop on and off with ease

Two Dachshunds with a large bone
Unusual Friends - two Dachshunds with a large bone. 1950s

Susi - chewing a brush. 1950s

Pre-Incan. Negative Carchi culture. 850-1500 AD. Coquero
Pre-Columbian art. Pre-Incan. Negative Carchi culture. 850-1500 AD. Coquero. Man sitting with hands on knees and chewing coca leaves.20 x 10, 5 x 8 cm. From Ecuador. Private collection

Susi - sitting on a log, chewing a twig. 1950s

Susi - standing behind a fallen tree trunk. 1950s

Susi - with football and boot. 1950s

Susi - with a bone in the snow. 1950s

Susi - demolishing an alarm clock. 1950s

Susi - chewing a chess piece. 1950s

Susi - lying on chess board
Susi - lying on a chess board, chewing a chess piece. 1950s

Title page design by Cecil Aldin, Rough and Tumble, showing two Scots terriers, one white (Rough) and one black (Tumble), playing with their masters slipper. Date: circa 1910

Wrigleys Spearmint gum advertisement, WW1
Great War period advertisement for Wrigleys spearmint pepsin gum, aimed here at soldiers, on the march, in barracks, on guard

Poporo. Lime container used to carry the lime to the mouth while chewing coca leaves. Poporos are also attributed with mystical powers and social status

ASIATIC BLACK BEAR - chewing bark (Selenarctos thibetanus japonicus). Gunma Prefecture, Kanto Region on Honshu Island, Japan

Biscuits & Beef, British soldiers rations, WW1
A humorous cartoon by a serving soldier, Sapper E. G. Eschini showing a British soldier gnawing at the tough and unpalatable biscuits and beef, typical rations during the First World War. Date: 1917

Baby Camel at the Zoo
A cute baby camel, admired by his proud mother, chewing straw in a doorway of their hut at a zoo. Date: early 1930s

A Samoyed Chewing
A Samoyed dog chewing something on a table. Date: early 1930s

The Wall Nut - Effeminate young gent pondering the scene
The " Wall-Nut" - An effeminate (Metro-sexual?!) young gent pondering the scene from his perch on the promenade wall of a seaside resort

Boy chewing sugar cane - Nassau, Bahamas
Young local boy chewing sugar cane - Nassau, Bahamas Date: circa 1910s

All about Betel chewing
Watercolour by Olivia Fanny Tonge 1858-1949. 180 x 260mm. From one of sixteen sketchbooks presented to the Museum in 1952

Courtesan, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, holding a scroll and chewing on the end of a brush. Date between 1890 and 1940

James Moran & Co.s Romeo, fine cut, chewing tobacco. Tobacco package label showing Romeo and Juliet embracing, by an open window, as they are taking leave of each other. Date c1874

One of the finest. Chewing and smoking tobacco. D. Buchner & Co. New York. Poster for D. Buchner & Co. tobacco products, showing a fireman shaking hands with a policeman

James Moran & Co.s Indian Girl Chewing Tobacco. Tobacco label - Romanticized portrait of lovely Indian maiden wearing a feather headdress and gold jewelry

Man chewing piece of snake which he has just bitten off, state fair sideshow, Donaldsonville, Louisiana. Date 1938 Nov

Chewing Gum Advert
CHEWING GUM Ad admirably tasteful advertisement for Adams California Fruit Gum Date: 1920

Cows grazing near a stream
A herd of cows graze near a stream at the edge of a lush field. Watercolour painting by Raymond Sheppard

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