Bored Collection

Filling a Tooth
A rather bored-looking young dentist fills his clients tooth with the aid of a small dental mirror

LAWYERS BORED
A sketch in the Law Courts, showing the patient and respectful attention of the Counsel for the Plaintiff during the speech of Counsel for Defendant Date: circa 1893

Bored with Showgirls
- To tell you the truth, these days I m more excited by a plate of oysters than by a girls thighs

Enoch Powell MP in Birmingham before giving a speech. His famous homburg hat is hung at the end of the coat rack. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1987

Passion Week at the Play, by Hablot K Browne (Phiz) Date: 1862

And So Home, Bored!
An illustration portraying a fed up looking couple, comprising of a lady wearing a billowing gown and headdress, and a man with his hands in his pockets, smoking a cigar. Date: 1915

The Little Girl In White
A portrait painting of a young hirl wearing a white dress, seated in a casual, yet bored, or spiritless manner, which is reflected in the large mirror beside her. Date: circa 1916

Colour illustration of bored young woman at table with others and violinist. Captioned By Desire, an impression in a Montmartre cafe by A Birkenruth

Comic postcard, Fishing at the seaside - Five hours and not a bite Date: 20th century

Yawning lion, London Zoo
A bored lion yawns in its empty cage at London Zoo. Date: circa 1950s

Out of work, Trafalgar Square, London
Two out of work men, Trafalgar Square, London. Date: circa 1930s

The Marionettes by Annie Fish
A bored looking fashionable young woman and her male companion drink what looks rather like absinthe in a smart restaurant. Date: 1919

Cartoon, The Composer. early 19th century

The Coming of Age by H. M. Bateman
Outside the Four-Mile Radius - Surbubia. A young man begrudges being the centre of a rather elderly group of party goers at his 21st birthday celebration. Date: 1912

When Women Vote by Charles Dana Gibson
The Suffragettes as the creator of the Gibson Girls Sees Them. " When Women Vote: After dinner the girls will have to listen to politics"

FALL / PYRENEAN DOG / 1973
Unidentified dog, half asleep on its bench at a dog show. It looks bored and rolls its eyes. Date: 1973

BOYS IN LAUNDRETTE
Three teenage boys using a laundrette as a place in which to meet and socialise Date: 1960s

Walther van der Vogelweide (1165 - 1230) German minnesinger

LONGCHAMP GARDENS C. 1805
Les ennuyees de Longchamp three bored ladies sit in the gardens at Longchamp, on the outskirts of Paris Date: circa 1805

A young girl and her doll and trinket souvenir stall, Goreme
A young girl waits patiently for customers beside her doll and trinket souvenir stall, Goreme, Cappadocia, Turkey Date: 1992

Man waits to pay for a Christmas tree - Cannock Chase Forest
A man looks bored as he waits to pay for a Christmas tree he has selected in the tree sale at Cannock Chase Forest, Staffordshire, England. Date: 1991

Madeira - Monte sledge drivers, or carreiros, look bored as they wait for tourists to push downhill in their wickerwork sledges Date: 2007

Attendant sits on mobile Boat Hire ticket office, Killaloe
A bored attendant sits on his mobile Boat Hire ticket office in Killaloe, on the River Shannon, Ireland. A sign advertised two free Irish coffees with every boat hired Date: 1993

French boy in beret, Roscoff, France
A young French boy wearing a beret sits swinging his legs on a stool outside a restaurant in Roscoff, France. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1988

Bored sisters Stafford market
Two very bored sisters wait for their mother to finish her shopping at an indoor market in Stafford, England Date: 1987

Little girls with pram
A little girl snoozes while standing guard over her brothers push chair Date: 1969

Newly Engaged couple at a large Dinner Party. Date: circa 1905

Two men playing chess, watched by a boxer dog
Unusual Friends - two men playing chess, watched by a boxer dog. 1950s

Louis Wain Daddy Cat - shopping with Mummy Cat. circa 1910s

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Micky and Cracker, an Irish Wolfhound and a Bull Terrier. Seen here behind his desk, growing bored by the story about the monkey. Date: 1927

Resting (1905). Orpen, Sir William 1878-1931. The model used for Resting was one of Orpen?s favourites, a young washerwoman called Lottie Stafford who lived in a decrepit street called Paradise Walk

Royal Wedding 1986 - yawning bridesmaid
Charming picture, showing one of the bridesmaids at the wedding of Prince Andrew, Duke of York to Lady Sarah Ferguson looking a little bored with events at Westminster Abbey on 23 July 1986

Bedroom / 12th Century
In their well-furnished bedroom - leaded panes, fancy cushions and all - a noble couple admire their falcon while their dog lies bored Date: circa 12th century

Quit Rents ceremony, Royal Courts of Justice, London
The ancient ceremony of Quit Rents taking place in the Royal Courts of Justice, London. The paying of quit rents by the Corporation of the City of London to the King (or Queen)

Man and Writers Block
A writer, afflicted by writers block, is at a loss for words. The floor is littered with unsuccessful drafts

London Police Box
Police boxes used to adorn the East and West corners of Trafalgar Square and were the smallest police stations in London. The lamps at the top came from HMS " Victory"

Susi - inside a large camera, yawning. 1950s

White poodle in a party hat
Unusual Friends - white poodle in a party hat. 1950s

Little boy with teddy bear, puppy and tabby kitten
Unusual Friends - little boy with teddy bear, puppy and tabby kitten, with a flag alongside, possibly at the time of the Coronation. 1950s

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

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