Laziness Collection (page 3)

Heart Stealing. Can t Get at it (litho)
3639416 Heart Stealing. Can t Get at it (litho) by Jones, Owen (1809-74) (attr.to); Private Collection; (add.info.: Heart Stealing)

You re a brute!! Caudle (coloured engraving)
5234302 You re a brute!! Caudle (coloured engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: You re a brute!! Caudle)

Title-page to Thomas Youngs Dies Dominica, 1639 (woodcut)
618946 Title-page to Thomas Youngs Dies Dominica, 1639 (woodcut) by English School, (17th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The bad housekeeper (chromolitho)
1094254 The bad housekeeper (chromolitho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The bad housekeeper)

Silenus at the Wine Vat, 1628 (etching)
874584 Silenus at the Wine Vat, 1628 (etching) by Ribera, Jusepe de (c.1590-1652); 26.67 x34.61 cm; San Diego Museum of Art, USA; (add.info.: Silenus)

Chef de bureau, illustration from Moeurs Administratives
740209 Chef de bureau, illustration from Moeurs Administratives, Dessinees D aprAs Nature by Henri Monnier, lithographed by Delpech, pub

Stepsister Showered With Pitch (chromolitho)
735313 Stepsister Showered With Pitch (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Stepsister Showered With Pitch)

Drink, drink, brother drink! (colour litho)
3103906 Drink, drink, brother drink! (colour litho) by German School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Drink, drink, brother drink)

Idleness, c. 1895 (pastel on paper)
XIR199237 Idleness, c.1895 (pastel on paper) by Aman-Jean, Edmond-Francois (1858-1936); 61x50 cm; Musee d Orsay, Paris, France; French, out of copyright

Seven Deadly Sins: Laziness by Boilly, 1824
XRX4997808 Seven Deadly Sins: Laziness by Boilly, 1824. by Boilly, Louis Leopold (1761-1845); (add.info.: Seven Deadly Sins: Laziness by Boilly, 1824.); Photo eLeonard de Selva; French

The people of justice. Cartoon by Honore Daumier (1808-1879)
JEB4901522 The people of justice. Cartoon by Honore Daumier (1808-1879), from the newspaper Le" Charivari", 37, 5x28. Musee des Beaux Arts, Palais Longchamp, Marseille

The seven deadly sin: laziness. Epinal imaging late 19th century
XEE4179351 The seven deadly sin: laziness. Epinal imaging late 19th century. (I sette peccati o vizi capitali) by French School

The land of cocagne (cuccagna): an imaginary land where one would live without work
GIA4775607 The land of cocagne (cuccagna): an imaginary land where one would live without work and without worry, in abundance and joy: tree producing fresh fruit, silver river, golden mountains

Odalisque a l esclave Drawing by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (1780-1867
JLJ4588931 Odalisque A l esclave Drawing by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (1780-1867) 19th century Paris, Musee du Louvre by Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867); Louvre, Paris

Daguerreopipers or Talent comes in sleep. Ironic article against the new profession of
LSE4112408 Daguerreopipers or Talent comes in sleep. Ironic article against the new profession of photographer. In " Today, journal of ridicules", on 15/03/1840

The Idle Prentice at Play in the Church Yard, During Divine Service - Plate from a
XEE4161234 The Idle Prentice at Play in the Church Yard, During Divine Service - Plate from a series of 12 engravings by William Hogarth (1697-1764), British illustrator

Allegory of Sloth (pen & ink and wash on paper)
478825 Allegory of Sloth (pen & ink and wash on paper) by Floris, Frans (1519-70); 60x98.4 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: pricked for transfer); Photo eChristies Images; Netherlandish

The Punishment of Sloth (engraving)
5224504 The Punishment of Sloth (engraving) by Laby, Auguste Francois (1784-1860) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Punishment of Sloth)

Old Man at Celyran; Vieillard a Celeyran, 1882 (oil on canvas)
825141 Old Man at Celyran; Vieillard a Celeyran, 1882 (oil on canvas) by Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de (1864-1901); 54.9x46 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Old Man at Celyran; Vieillard a Celeyran)

Idle Moments: a Boy Showing a Girl a Nest of Fledgelings in an Interior
651969 Idle Moments: a Boy Showing a Girl a Nest of Fledgelings in an Interior, (pencil and watercolour) by Heaphy, Thomas (1775-1835); 61.9x 46.7 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Idle Moments)

Idle Moments, (pencil and watercolour heightend with white)
651913 Idle Moments, (pencil and watercolour heightend with white) by Wilson, Charles Edward (1853-1941); 37.1x53.9 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Idle Moments)

Laziness and misery, or Francois corrected (coloured engraving)
5998883 Laziness and misery, or Francois corrected (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Laziness and misery, or Francois corrected)

Punch cartoon: A View in Hyde Park, Showing the Proposed Site for the Exhibition of Industry (engraving)
6034637 Punch cartoon: A View in Hyde Park, Showing the Proposed Site for the Exhibition of Industry (engraving) by English School

Lazy boy (engraving)
670576 Lazy boy (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lazy boy. Nineteenth century comic picture reprinted in an edition of Coles Funny Picture Book)

Sloth in the Kitchen, from a series of prints depicting the Seven Deadly Sins, c
STC227391 Sloth in the Kitchen, from a series of prints depicting the Seven Deadly Sins, c.1850 (colour litho) by Boilly, Louis Leopold (1761-1845) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Fellow Prentices at their Looms, plate I of Industry and Idleness
STC451133 The Fellow Prentices at their Looms, plate I of Industry and Idleness, illustration from Hogarth Restored: The Whole Works of the celebrated William Hogarth, re-engraved by Thomas Cook

Dix Heures, illustration from Moeurs Administratives
740213 Dix Heures, illustration from Moeurs Administratives, Dessinees D aprAs Nature by Henri Monnier, lithographed by Delpech, pub

The Unemployed (colour litho)
3641684 The Unemployed (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Unemployed. Postcard, early 20th century. Signed: Elley (?).); © Look and Learn

The British Workman, waiting for the work to come round (colour litho)
3641772 The British Workman, waiting for the work to come round (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The British Workman)

From Klondyke to the Coast by the St Michaels Route, the Village of Nulato (litho)
1063950 From Klondyke to the Coast by the St Michaels Route, the Village of Nulato (litho) by Fripp, Charles Edwin (1854-1906); Private Collection; (add.info)

The world is upside down or The misdeeds of lust. (Painting, 1663)
LRI4574704 The world is upside down or The misdeeds of lust.(Painting, 1663) by Steen, Jan Havicksz. (1625/26-79); Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Purgatorio, Canto 18 : The multitude of the slothful, illustration from
GIA745647 Purgatorio, Canto 18 : The multitude of the slothful, illustration from The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri, 1885 (digitally coloured engraving) by Dore

An Idle Afternoon, 1920 (oil on canvas)
658973 An Idle Afternoon, 1920 (oil on canvas) by Pieters, Evert (1856-1932); 78.7x92.7 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: An Idle Afternoon. Evert Pieters (1856-1932). Oil on canvas

June, Holiday at the Public Offices (engraving)
5997809 June, Holiday at the Public Offices (engraving) by Cruikshank, George (1792-1878); Private Collection; (add.info.: June, Holiday at the Public Offices)

A splendid opening for a lazy man (chromolitho)
5995997 A splendid opening for a lazy man (chromolitho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A splendid opening for a lazy man)

Doing Nothing (engraving)
3626025 Doing Nothing (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Doing Nothing. Illustration for Chatterbox (1867). Digitally cleaned image.); © Look and Learn

An Idle Conversation, 1872 (oil on panel)
1769848 An Idle Conversation, 1872 (oil on panel) by Corrodi, Arnold (1846-1874); 40.6x31.1 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: An Idle Conversation. Arnold Corrodi (1846-1874). Oil on panel

Vanity of riches or melancolic misery. Painting by Ludovico Pozzoseratto (1550-1610)
JLJ4592745 Vanity of riches or melancolic misery. Painting by Ludovico Pozzoseratto (1550-1610), 16th century. Trevise, Museo Civico by Toeput, Lodewijk (Pozzoserrato) (c.1550-1603/05); Museo Civico

Litiere of a lord accompanied by his vassals (lazy king) - in "
LSE4080089 Litiere of a lord accompanied by his vassals (lazy king) - in " Paris through the century" 1881 by French School

History of France. Scene depicting lazy kings in toys: King of France Thierry III
XEE4172412 History of France. Scene depicting lazy kings in toys: King of France Thierry III (673-691) carries in a tank with a bed pulled by oxen

King Clovis III called Le Feneant, king of France from 691 to 695
XEE4406809 King Clovis III called Le Feneant, king of France from 691 to 695. Chromolithography around 1890. by French School

Laziness - drawing by Willette, 1917
LSE4109350 Laziness - drawing by Willette, 1917 by Willette, Adolphe Leon (1857-1926); Private Collection; (add.info.: Laziness - drawing by Willette, 1917); Photo eLeonard de Selva; French

HE. EX. EX. Motoredons: Cartoon of transport in the city
LSE4088622 HE. EX. EX. Motoredons: Cartoon of transport in the city. A bourgeois asks a coachman to take him to a street and is surprised that he refuses since he is free asks him why

La Vieille et les deux Servantes - The Old Woman And Her Two Servants - from
XEE4156126 La Vieille et les deux Servantes - The Old Woman And Her Two Servants - from Fables by Jean de La Fontaine (Lafontaine) (1621-95) - engraving after Gustave Dore (1832-83)

Idle Thoughts (Little Girl Sitting Embroidering); Vaines Pensees
827376 Idle Thoughts (Little Girl Sitting Embroidering); Vaines Pensees (Petite Fille Assise Brodant), 1903 (oil on canvas) by Bouguereau

Lazy Bobby (engraving)
3626086 Lazy Bobby (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lazy Bobby. Illustration for Chatterbox (1868). Digitally cleaned image.); © Look and Learn

Laziness and crime in the youth of France (colour litho)
2779348 Laziness and crime in the youth of France (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Laziness and crime in the youth of France)

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Laziness: A timeless vice that transcends eras and species. From the strict Rules to be Observed by a Victorian Family, which aimed to combat idleness, to the mischievous antics of A Man Loaded with Mischief in 18th-century England, it has always been frowned upon. Even ancient parables like The Parable of the Talents warned against wasting one's potential. But they are also be found in nature itself. Take the Weddell seal lazing around on Half Moon Island in the Shetland Islands or the administrative marmots depicted in Le Pele-Mele - creatures who seem perfectly content doing nothing at all. Humanity has its own share of lazy icons too. Puck Basking Asleep Before the Country Hearth captures a moment of pure relaxation, while Charlie Chaplin's comedic genius often played off his character's inherent indolence. Yet laziness is not without consequences. In Dante's Divine Comedy, Desidia (Sloth) is portrayed as one of the deadly sins leading souls astray in Hell. And even modern times witness its effects - just look at Lying Young Girl, Half Nude, where inertia hinders progress and growth. Nature doesn't escape this trait either; Sunflower sea stars covering rocks demonstrate how an excess of leisure can lead to overpopulation and imbalance within ecosystems. In essence, laziness may offer temporary respite from life's demands but beware its allure for it can hinder progress and squander opportunities both great and small.