Bored Collection (#11)

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

New A. A. A. Consumers Counsel
Washington, D.C.: September 5, 1935 Donald Montgomery is the new consumers counsel to the Agricultural Adjustment Administration (A.A.A)

Very Bored Men
California: c. 1953 Thirty-nine incredibly bored looking men sitting in a small conference room

Woman Lying On Exercise Ball
Hollywood, California: 1937. A graceful young starlet reclines on an exercise ball

Seated Chimpanzee

Pensive teenage girl C013 / 4897
MODEL RELEASED. Pensive teenage girl. Teenage girl with a pensive look on her face, resting her head on her hands

Desert Bighorn sheep yawning (Ovis canadensis nelsoni). Zion National Park, Utah

Satirical cartoon, An Appropriate Text!, showing a street preacher preaching to four bored-looking people while a large crowd watches the launch of the Charles Green balloon

Indian Maypole Dance. A traditional English social custom, which seems to have been met with a sizeable lack of interest (!) by this group of Indian Children. Date: circa 1910s

Schoolchildren in class, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
Schoolchildren photographed during a lesson at a school in Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex. Some of them are looking rather bored. circa 1946

Teacher telling mother her son is good for nothing

A Monday Popular Concert, London, 1872
Music lovers at a Monday Popular Concert, London, 1872.Some follow the score avidly, others stare into space and look bored. Date: 1872

A morning concert
Wife: " George! George! You are not in church!" A husband dozes off in the front row during a morning concert, to the despair of his wife. Date: 1865

Bored Lioness
A bored lioness, yawning. Date: 1960s

Portrait of a man
Studio portrait of man about 1910. Date: 1910

Syrian woman in Baghdad, Iraq
A Syrian woman in Baghdad, Iraq Date: circa 1930s

Victorian woman with two children
A middle aged Victorian woman poses with two children in the photographers studio. She has a rather serious expression on her face, and the children look bored. Date: late 19th century

Yawning Tiger
A tiger yawns widely, bored of sunbathing! Date: 1930s

Theatre from a Box 1909
A group of theatre goers watch a show of singing and dancing from a theatre box. Not all of them seem to be totally impressed. Date: 1909

Bored Teenager
A bored teenage girl, sulking in her bedroom, dreaming of being grown up and having fun, her Snoopy posters behind her. Date: 1979

Housewife and Pooch
An attractive housewife does a spot of window shopping outside the fruiterers, while her bored pooch waits for her. Date: 1960s

Boy eating french fries
MODEL RELEASED. Boy eating french fries

Boy drinking a fizzy drink
MODEL RELEASED. Boy drinking a fizzy drink through a straw

Man yawning
MODEL RELEASED. Man yawning sitting next to his female partner. This could represent tiredness or marital problems, where he is showing his disinterest

General practice waiting room
MODEL RELEASED. General practice waiting room filled with patients

Pregnancy back pain
MODEL RELEASED. Pregnant woman holding her painful back as the weight of the unborn child puts strain on her back muscles. She is 30 weeks pregnant. A full-term pregnancy lasts between 37 and 42 weeks

Elderly woman resting
MODEL RELEASED. Elderly woman resting. Close-up of the face of an elderly woman who is resting her head on her hand

Tiredness at work
MODEL RELEASED. Tiredness at work. Man yawning whilst working on a computer

Two Victorian sisters and their brother in studio setting
Two Victorian sisters and their young brother pose in the photographers studio. They are all looking rather glum, or bored

Boy looking through a window on a rainy day
A bored little boy peers through a window pane on a rainy day

Double page spread in a diary for 23-28 October
A double page spread in a young persons diary for 23-28 October. Each day is given a small illustration, relating either to the season, or to the anniversary of an historical event

Navy wedding group, Crickhowell, Powys, Mid Wales
A large group photo of a Navy wedding in Crickhowell, Powys, Mid Wales, during the First World War. Nobody seems very happy about it!

Family group on a sofa on a verandah
A family group of two children, mother, father and grandparents, all sitting on a sofa on a verandah. The grandmother is perching on the arm of the sofa

Patients relaxing at the Medical Centre, Hendon
Scene at the Metropolitan Police Medical Centre, Hendon, north west London, showing patients relaxing with visitors in a rest room. One patient has his leg in plaster, and is watching television

Nurse and patients at the Medical Centre, Hendon
Scene at the Metropolitan Police Medical Centre, Hendon, north west London, showing a nurse with two patients in a rest room

Moorish Algerian Women smoking
Two Moorish Algerian women smoking cigarettes

Mans Best Friend
A small puppy yawns while sitting in front of an old-fashioned wireless radio set

Izmir, Turkey - Travelling ironmonger
A travelling itinerant ironmonger with his young assistant and some of his wares at Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey

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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.