Bored Collection (page 12)

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

Edwardian Schoolroom
The tutor of an Edwardian teaches the Young Master in the schoolroom of his home

Social / Women Gossip 19C
Two women gossipping, while their daughters look bored

1950S Evening Wear
A bored looking model poses wearing a long coral coloured evening gown, against a rather bizarre studio prop

Papal Audience 1898
Pope Leo XIII gives audience to a lady, while a cardinal sits nearby looking rather bored, and another religious person scratches his chin in a puzzled kind of way

Schoolgirls / Board School
Four bored schoolgirls at a Board School

Penelopes Suitors
At Ithaca, in the absence of Odysseus (Ulysses), Penelopes bored Suitors get drunk, while a minstrel plays his lyre to them. Telemachus, Odysseus son, watches with disapproval

young lads in Salford Manchester UK
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Maria
Artist: Kauffman, Angelica (after) - Title: Maria - Date: N/A - Original Medium and Size: Oil on Canvas 30.8 x 25.4

Grey Seal young resting on beach propped on fin Donna Nook, Lincolnshire Coast, England, UK
SAS-196 Grey Seal - young resting on beach propped on fin Donna Nook, Lincolnshire Coast, England, UK Halichoerus grypus Steffen & Alexandra Sailer Please note that prints are for personal display

Grandville / Marriage Mart
the Marriage Market

Bored Girl Sleeps C1880
A bored little girl sleeps on a chaise longue

Finishing School 1930S
A group of proper young ladies, possibly at a finishing school or university, compose themselves and read newspapers around a gas fire. One girl is smoking

Enforced Afternoon Nap
A group of children take an enforced afternoon nap in the open air, perhaps in a London park

Hunting Alphabet - B
B is the Bounder who brags about fences till hes bored the rest of us out of our senses

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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.