Chesham Street is one of a group of works painted by George Lambert between 1910 and 1914 that are puzzle pictures. These paintings appear to have a meaning and yet are not strictly narrative; they invite the viewer to provide their own interpretation. Contemporary critics read the image as a scene in a consulting room with a doctor examining the heart or lungs of his patient, (Lambert himself). This painting is also a metaphor: this man seems to have nothing to hide, to be literally and metaphorically baring his chest, exposing his heart and soul to the world.