Bored Collection (#10)

How to be unsuccessful in modern society - 2
The hearty shows enthusiasm at a gathering of intelligentsia. Date: 1929

Rudolf Barshai conducting Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Rudolf Borisovich Barshai (1924-2010), Russian musician, conducting the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. He was their Principal Conductor from 1982 until 1988. Date: circa 1980s

Cartoon, Robert Soutar, actor, and Meyer Lutz, composer
Cartoon, Robert Soutar (left, 1830-1908), English actor, comedian, stage manager, writer and director, and Wilhelm Meyer Lutz (right, 1829-1903), German-born British composer and conductor -- A Month

Wanted American Heiress - Victorian Scrap
Victorian Scrap - People Who Want to Marry - " Wanted American Heiress". A lazy aristocratic young gent on the hunt for riches without effort...! Date: circa 1890s

The Picture Book - A rather bored girl flicks through a tome
The Picture Book - A rather bored girl dressed smartly in white dress, white gloves, wide-brimmed white hat and black tights flicks through a tome, seated on a draped chaise longue. Date: 1912

Housewife 1940S
A bored housewife re-arranges her fruit in the bowl on the table of her panelled dining room. Date: 1940s

George V in Wartime
George V visits a naval establishment, accompanied by the Mayor and various officials and dignitaries. His attache looks rather bored, poor fellow. Date: 29 September 1915

Ladies Read at Table
Bored with male-dominated conversation, women find their own diversions in cards, books and magazines; the chaps seem rather peeved... Date: 1927

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Saint Bernard posing
Illustration by Cecil Aldin -- a Saint Bernard posing for Aldin to sketch, looking rather unwilling, uninterested and sleepy. Date: 1927

WW2 greetings card, RAF man at zoo
WW2 greetings card, RAF man visiting a zoo -- Grounded. Date: circa 1942

Nobbled, by Bairnsfather
Nobbled " Ow long are you up for, Bill?" " Seven years" " Yer lucky-, I m duration" Two British soldiers, Old Bill and Bert

Trifles Light as Air by Barribal
A pretty young woman idly blows bubbles with a pipe. Date: 1919

The Prize Fight, 1814 and 1914
Depictions of the Prize Fight, of 1814 (above) and of 1914 (below). In the earlier version there is as much fighting in the crowd as there is in the boxing ring. Date: July 1914

Pres(s)tige by Leo Cheney
A bored socialite or actress lies languidly in a luxurious bed blowing smoke rings and stroking her pet dog as she holds court with a group of journalists

James Nayler
JAMES NAYLER, Quaker, spends two hours in Westminster pillory, is whipped through the streets, his tongue is bored with a red-hot iron and he is branded B for blasphemer. Date: 1617? - 1660

Bank of punished in a school. Engraving, 1884

The Backgammon Players (oil on panel)
XKL90669 The Backgammon Players (oil on panel) by Beraud, Jean (1849-1935); 57.5x72 cm; Private Collection; Berko Fine Paintings, Knokke-Zoute, Belgium; French, out of copyright

Woman in a Straw Hat with Flowers, c. 1857 (oil on canvas)
XIR404554 Woman in a Straw Hat with Flowers, c.1857 (oil on canvas) by Courbet, Gustave (1819-77); 46x55.5 cm; Narodni Galerie, Prague

Is It Time, 1884 (w / c on paper)
XPG382024 Is It Time, 1884 (w/c on paper) by Henshall, John Henry (1856-1928); Private Collection; English, out of copyright

Chatting, illustration from Picturesque Beauties of Boswell, Part the First
XJF373200 Chatting, illustration from Picturesque Beauties of Boswell, Part the First, etched by Thomas Rowlandson, 1786 (etching) by Collings

The Laundresses, c. 1884 (oil on canvas)
XIR33372 The Laundresses, c.1884 (oil on canvas) by Degas, Edgar (1834-1917); 76x81.5 cm; Musee d Orsay, Paris, France; French, out of copyright

The Bench, 1758 (engraving)
XJF393888 The Bench, 1758 (engraving) by Hogarth, William (1697-1764); Private Collection; (add.info.: intended to show the difference between character and caricature; ); English, out of copyright

The Bench, from The Works of William Hogarth, published 1833 (litho)
KW281810 The Bench, from The Works of William Hogarth, published 1833 (litho) by Hogarth, William (1697-1764); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Lecture, from The Works of William Hogarth, published 1833 (litho)
KW281831 The Lecture, from The Works of William Hogarth, published 1833 (litho) by Hogarth, William (1697-1764); Private Collection; Ken Welsh; English, out of copyright

Scholars at a Lecture, 20th January 1736-37 (engraving) (b / w photo)
XJF277627 Scholars at a Lecture, 20th January 1736-37 (engraving) (b/w photo) by Hogarth, William (1697-1764); Private Collection; (add.info.: William Fisher, Registrar of Oxford; ); English

2604218; out of copyright

Roman Pilgrims, 1854 (w / c & gouache over graphite)
XYC249786 Roman Pilgrims, 1854 (w/c & gouache over graphite) by Lewis, John Frederick (1804-76); 55.9x76.5 cm; Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, USA; English, out of copyright

A Young Student in his Study or, The Smoker, c. 1630-33 (oil on panel)
XIR220782 A Young Student in his Study or, The Smoker, c.1630-33 (oil on panel) by Codde, Pieter (1599-1678); 46x34 cm; Musee des Beaux-Arts, Lille

The Little Schoolboy, or The Poor Schoolboy (oil on canvas)
XIR198479 The Little Schoolboy, or The Poor Schoolboy (oil on canvas) by Mancini, Antonio (1852-1930); 130x97 cm; Musee d Orsay, Paris

Homage to Clovis II (635-657) (oil on canvas)
XIR181000 Homage to Clovis II (635-657) (oil on canvas) by Maignan, Albert Pierre Rene (1845-1908); Musee des Beaux-Arts, Rouen, France; French, out of copyright

The Waiting Room, 1857 (oil on canvas)
XKH234253 The Waiting Room, 1857 (oil on canvas) by Dyck, Hermann (1812-74); 43x63.5 cm; Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany; German, out of copyright

Deportee Camp on the Cros Peninsula, New Caledonia, 1873 (engraving) (b / w photo)
XIR175984 Deportee Camp on the Cros Peninsula, New Caledonia, 1873 (engraving) (b/w photo) by Dutheil, Hippolyte (19th-20th century); Musee des Arts d Afrique et d Oceanie, Paris

Arrival of a School Mistress in the Countryside, 1897 (oil on canvas)
BAL167458 Arrival of a School Mistress in the Countryside, 1897 (oil on canvas) by Makovsky, Vladimir Egorovic (1846-1920); 67x90 cm; Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia; Russian, out of copyright

Study of a childs head (red chalk heightened with white on paper)
XIR161995 Study of a childs head (red chalk heightened with white on paper) by Vinci, Leonardo da (1452-1519); Musee des Beaux-Arts, Caen, France; Italian, out of copyright

Nurse, Karel Frederik Bombled, 1832 - 1902

Woman at the Window (w / c on cardboard)
XKH147980 Woman at the Window (w/c on cardboard) by Israels, Jozef (Josef) (1824-1911); 90x61 cm; Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany; Dutch, out of copyright

Idleness, 1818 (oil on canvas)
XIR220262 Idleness, 1818 (oil on canvas) by Doncre, Dominique (Guillaume Dominique Jacques) (1743-1820); 57x74 cm; Musee des Beaux-Arts, Arras, France; French, out of copyright

Adele de Guerneval d Esquebecq, Marquise de Bethisy, 1835 (oil on canvas)
XIR212512 Adele de Guerneval d Esquebecq, Marquise de Bethisy, 1835 (oil on canvas) by Steuben, Charles Auguste (1788-1856); 235x140 cm; Musee des Beaux-Arts, Lille, France; German, out of copyright

Midday Sun, 1881 (oil on canvas)
BAL167040 Midday Sun, 1881 (oil on canvas) by Makovsky, Vladimir Egorovic (1846-1920); 24x32 cm; Museum of Art, Serpukhov, Russia; Russian, out of copyright

Little boy lying under a Dalmatian

Brown hare -Lepus europaeus- sitting in clover, Burgenland, Austria, Europe

Orang-utan sitting on artificial rock, (B&W)

Mature man posing in studio, (B&W), close-up, portrait

Bored young girl (12-13) at table with book, (B&W)

Man yawning and stretching in studio, (B&W)

Woman lying on bed, (B&W), close-up, portrait

Young gent - bored at Newlyn, Cornwall
A lugubrious young gent with hangdog eyes, bemoaning the lack of fun at Newlyn, Cornwall. Quite what the local tourist board felt about this card is anyones guess!! Date: circa 1905

Marriage a la Mode: The Tete a Tete, 1743. Oil on canvas. William Hogarth (1697-1764)
Marriage a la Mode: The Tete a Tete, 1743.Oil on canvas.William Hogarth (1697-1764) English painter and printmaker. Couple bored with each other

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"Boredom: A Universal State of Mind Captured Through Art and Life" In the depths of ennui, John William Waterhouse's "I am half sick of shadows" transports us to a world where even shadows fail to ignite excitement. The melancholic hues mirror our own disinterest, as we yearn for something more. John Everett Millais' "My Second Sermon" captures the essence of boredom in its purest form. The young girl's vacant gaze reflects a congregation lost in their thoughts, disconnected from the sermon that fails to captivate their minds. Transporting us back to 1920s France, La Vie Parisienne Magazine Cover depicts a society seeking refuge from monotony. Amidst glitz and glamour, they long for an escape from mundane routines that suffocate their spirits. William Hogarth's "The Sleeping Congregation" reveals the weariness that seeps into our souls during tedious sermons or lectures. As eyes droop and heads nod, we find ourselves trapped in a cycle of tedium longing for liberation. Even routine dental procedures can become monotonous; "Filling a Tooth" by an unknown artist reminds us how easily boredom infiltrates every aspect of life. Mundane tasks drain our enthusiasm as time stretches on endlessly. Guy the gorilla at London Zoo embodies human-like boredom within his enclosure walls. His somber expression mirrors our own restlessness when confined by circumstances beyond our control. Robinson Crusoe and Man Friday stand as symbols of isolation amidst vast landscapes in oil on canvas masterpieces. Their solitude echoes with unfulfilled desires for novelty and adventure while stranded on deserted shores. Gustave Caillebotte's "Ennui" encapsulates the very essence of listlessness through its languid brushstrokes. In this portrait, we see ourselves reflected - weary souls craving stimulation amid stagnant surroundings.