Barechested Collection (page 3)

A convict being flogged with a cat-o-nine-tails, (1834), 1984
A convict being flogged with a cat-o-nine-tails. In 1867 Parliament abolished flogging in the services. From The Book of The Martyrs of Tolpuddle: 1834-1934

Yo Shona, c1903. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Yo Shona, c1903. Yo Shona, head-and-shoulders portrait, with shield, facing front

Jack Red Cloud, 1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Jack Red Cloud, 1905. Photograph shows Red Cloud, wearing medallion, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front

Jack Red Cloud, 1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Jack Red Cloud, 1905. Photograph shows Red Cloud, wearing medallion, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front

Slow Bull, 1907. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Slow Bull, 1907. Photograph shows three-quarter portrait of Slow Bull inside tipi on knees, facing front, with buffalo skull and other items nearby

Mat Stams-Maricopa, half-length portrait, facing front, wrapped in blanket, c1907. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Mat Stams-Maricopa, half-length portrait, facing front, wrapped in blanket, c1907

Shows As He Goes, half-length portrait, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Shows As He Goes, half-length portrait, c1905. Edward S. Curtis created this half-length portrait of a young Indian while visiting Apache Indian groups from 1903-1907

Navajos, 1904, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Navajos, 1904, c1905. Group of Pueblo Indians, three men in front holding snakes, two Caucasian men in center

Before the final journey-Cheyenne, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Before the final journey-Cheyenne, c1910. Cheyenne people gathered in open area, for Sun Dance ceremony; several tents and hills in background

Singing to the snakes, Shipolovi, c1906. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Singing to the snakes, Shipolovi, c1906. Three Hopi Indians with snakes, New Mexico

Nayenezgani-Navaho, 1904, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Nayenezgani-Navaho, 1904, c1905. Indian, half-length portrait, facing front, wearing dark mask, fur ruff, paint on torso

Haschezhini-Navaho, 1904, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Haschezhini-Navaho, 1904, c1905. Photo shows a Native American man, half-length portrait, facing front, wearing dark leather mask, fur ruff, torso painted with black and white splotches

Sun dance pledgers-Cheyenne, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Sun dance pledgers-Cheyenne, c1910. Two young men in ceremonial paint

Snake gathering [D]-Hopi, c1907. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Snake gathering [D]-Hopi, c1907. Group of Hopi snake priests hunting snakes

Me Sa Tawa catching snakes-Hopi, c1907. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Me Sa Tawa catching snakes-Hopi, c1907

The snake priests-Hopi, c1907. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
The snake priests-Hopi, c1907. Ten Hopi snake priests, standing, facing front, carrying sticks, some with bags

Snake gathering [C]-Hopi, c1907. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Snake gathering [C]-Hopi, c1907. Six Hopi snake priests, standing, facing front, carrying sticks

Digging out the snakes-Hopi, c1907. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Digging out the snakes-Hopi, c1907. Group of Hopi Indians using hoes to dig out snakes

Big Head [A], c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Big Head [A], c1905. Big Head, head-and-shoulders portrait, turned left

Gilyak fighters, 1865-1871. Creator: VV Lanin
Gilyak fighters, 1865-1871. This album contains 154 photographs taken in the second half of the 1860s and 1870s by a local photographer from the Far East, V. V. Lanin. The merchant V. P

Heavy Shield, c1900. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Heavy Shield, c1900. Half length portrait of a Native man

Black Hair, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Black Hair, c1905. Black Hair, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front

Big Head [B], c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Big Head [B], c1905. Big Head, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front

Inhabitants of the lower Caroline Islands, 19th century. Creators: Alexander Postels, Godefroy Engelmann
Inhabitants of the lower Caroline Islands, 19th century. One of 65 lithographs that were included in the volume of maps published after the round-the-world voyage of the corvette Seniavin

Inhabitants of the lower Caroline Islands, 19th century. Creators: Alexander Postels, Godefroy Engelmann
Inhabitants of the lower Caroline Islands, 19th century. One of 65 lithographs that were included in the volume of maps published after the round-the-world voyage of the corvette Seniavin

Inhabitants of the lower Caroline Islands, 19th century. Creators: Alexander Postels, Godefroy Engelmann
Inhabitants of the lower Caroline Islands, 19th century. One of 65 lithographs that were included in the volume of maps published after the round-the-world voyage of the corvette Seniavin

June roses, 1898. Creator: Margaret MacDonald Mackintosh
June roses, 1898

Male bust, 1910/1911. Creator: George Minne
Male bust, 1910/1911

Mauritana in Domestico from Trachtenbuch von Nurnberg (Costume Book of Nuremberg), co. CLXIII, 1577 Creator: Jost Ammon
Mauritana in Domestico from Trachtenbuch von Nurnberg (Costume Book of Nuremberg), co. CLXIII, 1577

Native of New Caledonia, 1859. Creator: Joseph Selleny
Native of New Caledonia, 1859

Native of New Caledonia, 1859. Creator: Joseph Selleny
Native of New Caledonia, 1859

The Boxer, 1933 (oil on canvas)
1195863 The Boxer, 1933 (oil on canvas) by Somov, Konstantin Andreevic (1869-1939); 54.8x46 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; Russian, out of copyright

The Drums of Africa - in the Village of Ikoko on Lake Ntomba in Belgian Congo, c1930s. Lake Tumba in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is inhabited by the Mongo people

A Public Bath at Kanawa, 1910. Creator: Herbert Ponting
A Public Bath at Kanawa, 1910. From " In Lotus-Land Japan", by Herbert G. Ponting, F.R.G.S. [Macmillan and Co. Limited, London, 1910]

The Return of the Prodigal Son, 1773, (1911). Artist: Pompeo Batoni
The Return of the Prodigal Son, 1773, (1911). Painting held at the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. From Bibbys Annual 1911, [J. Bibby & Sons, Liverpool, 1911]

Egyptian relief of Emperor Augustus (Roman) as Pharaoh, offering to Isis, c1st century. At Egyptian Museum, Berlin

Incostanza - An Allegory of Fickleness, 1615-1618. Creator: Abraham Janssens
Incostanza - An Allegory of Fickleness. The Motif is based on Cesare Ripa's manual of allegorical figures, 1615-1618. Earlier ascribed to Gerard van Honthorst (1592 - 1656)

St Sebastian, 1609-1667. Creator: Cornelis van Poelenburch
St Sebastian, 1609-1667

Onuphrius the Hermit, 1637-1764. Creator: Jusepe de Ribera
Onuphrius the Hermit, 1637-1764

Poster advertising the 1933 World's Fair in Chicago, 1933 (colour lithograph)
1198005 Poster advertising the 1933 World's Fair in Chicago, 1933 (colour lithograph) by Villa, Hernando (1881-1952); 107x72 cm; Private Collection; Photo © Christie's Images

An Indian Boy, 1927 (oil on canvas)
657748 An Indian Boy, 1927 (oil on canvas) by Birley, Oswald Hornby Joseph (1880-1952); Private Collection; (add.info.: An Indian Boy. Oswald Hornby Joseph Birley (1880-1952). Oil on canvas

Marine with the training gliders at Page Field, Parris Island, S. C. 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
Marine with the training gliders at Page Field, Parris Island, S.C

Marine with the gliders at Page Field, Parris Island, S. C. 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
Marine with the gliders at Page Field, Parris Island, S.C

The Death of Hyacinth, 1920 (oil on canvas)
1769782 The Death of Hyacinth, 1920 (oil on canvas) by Morley, Harry (1881-1943); 95.4x109.3 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Death of Hyacinth. Harry Morley (1881-1943). Oil on canvas

Saint Anthony Beaten by the Devils, (pen and brown ink, brown wash)
827546 Saint Anthony Beaten by the Devils, (pen and brown ink, brown wash) by Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri) (1591-1666); 21x26.5

Madawaska-Acadian Light-Heavy, 1940 (oil on masonite)
985308 Madawaska-Acadian Light-Heavy, 1940 (oil on masonite) by Hartley, Marsden (1877-1943); 101.6x76.2 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Madawaska-Acadian Light-Heavy)

Studies for a Flagellation: A Man Scourging and the Head of Christ, (black and white chalk, pastel)
990011 Studies for a Flagellation: A Man Scourging and the Head of Christ, (black and white chalk, pastel) by Bassano, Jacopo (Jacopo da Ponte) (1510-92); 38x24 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Saint Sebastian prepared for Martydom, c. 1622 (oil on canvas)
827727 Saint Sebastian prepared for Martydom, c.1622 (oil on canvas) by Dyck, Anthony van (1599-1641); 142x194 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Saint Sebastian prepared for Martydom)

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"Barechested: A Glimpse into the Strength and Vulnerability of Humanity" In a vintage Rocky Marciano postcard, the legendary boxer stands tall, his bare chest glistening with sweat as he embodies determination and resilience. A statue of Hercules and Cerberus captures the essence of raw power, their bare chests symbolizing Herculean strength in overcoming challenges. During the Great Depression, an unemployed lumberjack bears his social security number tattooed on his arm in a migrant workers camp. His bared torso reflects both hardship endured and hope for a better future. The rhythmic beats echo through time as drums resound in the African village of Ikoko. Bare-chested men dance to celebrate their rich cultural heritage amidst nature's embrace. Transporting us back to 1910, Herbert Ponting's photograph reveals a public bath at Kanawa where individuals cleanse themselves, unburdened by societal expectations - their bare chests embodying freedom from constraints. In a haunting image from 1834 transformed into art in 1984, we witness punishment inflicted upon a convict's bare back with a cat-o-nine-tails whip. The scars serve as reminders of human suffering throughout history. An Egyptian relief depicts Emperor Augustus offering homage to Isis while bearing his regal yet vulnerable chest - reminding us that even mighty rulers can reveal vulnerability when seeking divine favor. A vibrant poster advertising the 1933 World's Fair showcases Chicago's grandeur. Amidst towering structures and technological marvels, visitors are invited to explore new frontiers with open hearts and bared souls. Captured on canvas in 1927, an Indian boy gazes directly at us with innocent eyes while revealing his exposed chest - inviting empathy towards marginalized communities striving for recognition and equality. Amidst World War II turmoil at Page Field in Parris Island, S. C. , marines train tirelessly with gliders. Their muscular torsos represent unwavering dedication and sacrifice for a greater cause.