Boastful Collection

Cartoon depicting boastful members of the Alpine Club, the first mountaineering club, 19th century
5309160 Cartoon depicting boastful members of the Alpine Club, the first mountaineering club, 19th century; (add.info.: Cartoon depicting boastful members of the Alpine Club)

L epouvantail (colour litho)
3097830 L epouvantail (colour litho) by Rabier, Benjamin (1869-1939); Private Collection; (add.info.: L epouvantail. Illustration for Le Pele-Mele, 4 December 1904.); © Look and Learn

The Leader, c. 1875 (oil on canvas)
3949591 The Leader, c.1875 (oil on canvas) by Chase, William Merritt (1849-1916); 66.7x40.3 cm; Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA

Pride, plate 3 from The Vicissitude of Human Things, 1564 (engraving)
BCC393575 Pride, plate 3 from The Vicissitude of Human Things, 1564 (engraving) by Heemskerck, Maarten van (1498-1574) (after); 22.1x29.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

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

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

The Explorers, from the front cover of Le Rire, 18th May 1901 (colour litho)
BAL366875 The Explorers, from the front cover of Le Rire, 18th May 1901 (colour litho) by Caran D Ache, Emmanuel Poire (1858-1909); Private Collection; (add.info.: Caption: Because, ladies)

The Ambitious Frog, illustration from Aesops Fables, 1687 (etching)
XJF618933 The Ambitious Frog, illustration from Aesops Fables, 1687 (etching) by Barlow, Francis (1626-1702); Private Collection; (add.info)

MUяZ i DEGRAIN, Antoni (1841-1924). Boastful
MUя Z i DEGRAIN, Antoni (1841-1924). Boastful in a guesthouse. 1881. Oil on canvas. SPAIN. Granada. Museums of Fine Arts of Granada

Albert I of Morocco - Parody
" The Supreme law is the Kings Purse" " Roulette is the Source of my Strength" French parody souvenir postcard from Monte Carlo, depicting Albert I of Morocco (1889-1922)

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Behold the gallery of boastful beings, from the colorful Lepouvantail in lithography, to The Leader's grandiose oil canvas, and The Thunderer's hand-colored engraving. Pride, as depicted in a 16th-century engraving, shows a confident young chap spinning a fib. Bateman's Golfers Paradise and Le Rire's Explorers also boast of their accomplishments, while Aesop's Ambitious Frog leaps to unrealistic heights. M. Muñoz i Degraín's Boastful painting captures the essence of arrogance, and even Albert I of Morocco, in this parody, is not immune to the allure of self-aggrandizement.