Lazy Collection

Advertisement for Morses distemper with a decorator lying flat while painting the walls. Date: c.1924

Down-stream, by Rebel Stanton
A colour illustration showing a lady relaxing in a boat on a summers day. 1928

Advertisement for the Western Electric vacuum cleaner with a women patiently cleaning the carpet around her snoozing husband. Lets hope that cigarette falls into his lap and wakes him up. Date: c.1924

Precocious Teenage Girl
A rather spoilt teenage girl, lying with her feet up, scoffing a box of chocolates whilst listening to her latest 78 gramophone records!

Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Un vago es un faccioso (A lazy is a factious). Poster edited by the Departament of Public Order of Aragon

Comic postcard, Foreman and workman Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Boss and workman Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Middle aged couple in bedroom Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Travelling on rollerskates, pulled by a tortoise Date: early 20th century

Costumes of the inhabitants of Schwyz, Switzerland, 18th century. The bride in the center wears a bonnet decorated with flowers, earrings and necklace. Abitanti di Schwitz

Indecision. circa 1900

WW1 - Comic Postcard - K-Nut in a tuxedo
WW1 - Before conscription into the army was introduced, a certain class of young men existed, for whom everything was " too much bally trouble" or " too much fag." They were

Kashmir, Srinagar. Boatman asleep in shade on back of boat
Kashmir, Srinagar. A lazy boatman asleep in shade on back of a boat carrying animal fodder Date: 1986

A woman sleeps at her vegetable stall in a Hong Kong market
A woman sleeps soundly while waiting for customers at her vegetable stall in a Hong Kong Market Date: 1979

Sleeping old man on doorstep, Turkey
An old Turkish man in cloth cap snoozes on a doorstep in Avenos, Turkey Date: circa 1984

The Basker, by Clifford Mills
The Basker, a comedy by Clifford Mills. First produced at St Jamess Theatre, London, January 1916. The title refers to a lazy person who has an easy life

Asiatic Black bear - resting in tree (Selenarctos thibetanus japonicus). Japan

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

Snap card - A Diller a Dollar
Nursery Rhyme Snap card - A Diller a Dollar, a ten o clock scholar. early 20th century

Illustration, Paul Pry watching sporting events. Paul Pry was a character in a popular play of the same name, by John Poole, first performed in 1825

English-ingenue headdress with feathers, hedgehog hairstyle and lazy-woman bonnet.. Handcolored lithograph from Fashions and Customs of Marie Antoinette and her Times, by Le Comte de Reiset, Paris

Chiaroscura in Silhouette by H. L. Oakley
Sunshine and shade in summer time. A set of idyllic scenes during the summer cut by the famous silhouette artist, Captain H. L. Oakley. Top picture shows a group frolicking by the sea

Illustration, Jersey in Jail, farming
Illustration, Jersey in Jail, showing people farming -- Within a year, very few were still working on the land. Date: 1940-1945

8th Duke of Devonshire and Sir John Eldon Gorst
The Story of the Duke and the Bunnygorst. Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire (1833-1908) as a rather lazy layabout

Male wit - Thoughtless of Her
Thoughtlessness of Her " If you was arf the man you d offer to carry some of these bundles". " Ow can I with my ands in my pockets!" Date: 1894

The Three Spinners. From Once Upon a Time no. 36

Spring-Cleaning in the Library
A maid gets distracted by books and newspapers in a library. Date: 1923

Teacher telling mother her son is good for nothing

Everybody works but Father - Unemployment
Father enjoys his paper and pipe in front of the fire, whilst Mother does the washing, Sister Ann also helps and the young narrator of this social comment carries a paint pot. Date: 1906

Cartoon on Laziness
" Whats that! You ve got the sack at the Munition Works! - What for?" " I Dunno - I never done nothing!" Date: circa 1915

Our Local Express (2 / 2)
A satirical look at an express train service (2/2 - see 10425389). 1907

Our Local Express (1 / 2)
A satirical look at an express train service (1/2 10429191). 1907

COUCH POTATO FAMILY
A lazy family of Couch Potatoes, lounging on the sofa together watching TV with their happy dog and obligatory swirly carpet! Date: 1981

Watching Paint Dry
A man gives his boat a fresh coat of paint, while a young woman literally watches the paint dry! Date: 1965

Dunderpate and his schoolmaster. The teacher says hes never known such a lazy, stupid fellow, and believes he hasn t enough sense to go in when it rains. Date: 1938

J Hassall. Elsie Marleys grown so fine
Elsie Marleys grown so fine, she won t get up to feed the swine, but lays in bed till after nine, lazy Elsie Marley. 20th century

Boating on the River Thames, 1909
A group of happy boaters in the Edwardian era, waiting for the locks to open at Bourne End in Buckinghamshire as they row along the River Thames. Date: 1909

Employment of Women
A satirical look at the employment of women in the civil service. A bespectacled gentleman returns to the office and is horrified to find the ladies of his employ making pyramids of books

The Punters by William Barribal
Two pouting girls in fashionable bathing costumes relax as they punt along a river under the shade of a Chinese parasol

Rowing on the Golden Horn
An afternoon rowing women on the Golden Horn with the silhouette of the Topkapi Palace and Mosques behind

The Golf Ball That Didn t Want To Play
Lazy golf ball that resorts to hiding down a hole to avoid playing

Sedentary Sports. Lawn tennis for middle aged people. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the Estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/ILN/Mary Evans

Naughty Pupil - Germany
A German teacher expresses his contempt for a lackluster pupil with the comment " That is a good-for-nothing!"

The Civil war in America: The lazy stand made by the Federal
Battle scene showing both sides, cannons and guns blazing. At the second Battle of Bull Run, 75, 000 Federals under General John Pope were defeated by 55

Gent in an Armchair
A young gentleman in a pin- striped suit relaxes in a comfortable armchair

Girl Reads to Boy 1911
A girl reads from a book to a lazy boy, while another boy walks by, and wishes he could join them

Slack Day in Office
A slack day in the office

Queen and Gryphon (Cr)
The Queen and the Gryphon : Up, lazy thing !

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