Boasting Collection

Reids Palace Hotel advertisement
Reids Palace Hotel in Madeira, boasting happy sunny days, no rain, no dust...unequalled private sea-bathing, afternoon and evening open air dances, childrens seawater pool, 100 bathing cabins

Writing / Shorthand Pitman
Shorthand writing: an example of Pitmans system, boasting that Fortune magazine has gained over 100, 000 subscribers in five short years

Georgian cartoon, bragging about her new house
Georgian cartoon, Mrs Bounce bragging about her new house Date: circa 1820s

Ira L. & A. C. Berk Packard Advertisement
An illustrated advertisement for Ira L. & A. C. Berk Ltd, promoting the Packard Straight Eight car, seen in the illustration, boasting high power, four wheel brakes

Desert Village, Arizona
An oil painting showing a desert village in Arizona, U.S.A. with a sheer rock face, boasting an impressive use of shadows, Date: circa 1919

R. Collie & Co Advertisement
An advertisement for R. Collie & Co. PTD, LTD, makers of printing inks for all processes, boasting the the best quality of inks. Date: circa 1922

Comic postcard, Scottish boy in a kilt Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Man with line of fish he didn t catch Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, best man at the wedding Date: 20th century

Cairo, Egypt - The heart of a Arab House
Cairo, Egypt - The heart of a wonderfully-ornate Arab House boasting some magnificent stonework masonry detailing, wooden furniture, carved doors and columns. circa 1908

Peggy Moran / 10-Pin Bowl
Actress Peggy Moran, one of Hollywoods top-ranking female bowlers, boasting an average score of 175

Athene & Spider Arachne
The goddess Athene turns the maiden Arachne into a spider for boasting that her embroideries were better than hers

Who said Liar? Confident young chap tells a likely fib
Who Said Liar? - A red-faced rather-awkward-looking young chaps tells a rather tall tale: " And Bai Jove She fell in love with me on the spot, Doncherknow" ! Date: 1910

Cartoon, La Grande Couture, WW1. A rich baroness examines the latest fashions worn by pretty young mannequins in a fashion showroom

The Golfers Paradise by H. M. Bateman
The Golfers Paradise - Telling them What Happened at the 16th Hole. The golfing bore epitomised in this fabulous cartoon by Bateman, showing the ultimate fantasy - a golfer seated in an armchair

Cartoon, French soldier and girlfriend, WW1
Cartoon, a French soldier and his girlfriend in a grassy field. He boasts that he will make the Empress (perhaps he means the wife of Kaiser Wilhelm) buy him a beer when he helps to win the war

And Then They Charged Us by Denis Cowles, WW1 cartoon
A British Army officer during the First World War, entertains and alarms a group of non-combatant men dressed in evening wear, with some dramatic stories from the Front. Date: 1916

Advertisment for Castrol oil
Advertisement for Castrol oil, boasting 250mph as achieved by Captain Malcolm Campbell in his Castrol lubricated Napier engine of his Bluebird

Body confidence of a diminutive ruffian
" Shure, if oi was as big a ye-self oid woipe the flure wid yez, little as oi am!" Date: 1900

Boasting actor submits acting claim to Sir Henry Irving
Tradgedian (disappointed) - " You should see me play amlet, Irvin! Why, I could act is bloomin ead off!" Sir Henry Irving looks less than impressed with this claim by a jobbing actor rather

The man we would like to strangle
" The man we would like to strangle." from " The Sketch Book & Winters Pie". A room full of people look fed up as a man recounts his fishing stories during a thaw at a Winter

France Dinan
Picturesquely located on the Rance river, Dinan is a popular tourist destination boasting ancient ramparts and other attractions

Themistocles & Xerxes
Themistocles, ostracised from Athens for boasting of his achievements, prostrates himself before Xerxes, King of Persia

Themistocles in Persia
Themistocles, ostracised from Athens for boasting of his achievements, is received by Artaxerxes, King of Persia

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