Idle Collection (#2)

Love in Idleness (oil on canvas)
CH402322 Love in Idleness (oil on canvas) by Meteyard, Sidney (1868-1947); 87.6x106 cm; Private Collection; Photo © Christies Images

They Toil not, Neither do they Spin, 1903 (w / c)
MAL85982 They Toil not, Neither do they Spin, 1903 (w/c) by Fortescue-Brickdale, Eleanor (1871-1945); 40.6x26.7 cm; Mallett Gallery, London, UK; © Mallett Gallery, London, UK

Eric Idle Comedian London 2012 Olympic Games Closing Ceremony Stratford, London, England 12 August 2012 Date: 12 August 2012

Zabenz & Idle Talk The Royal & Sunalliance Steeple Chase Cheltenham Festival 2006 Cheltenham Racecourse, Cheltenham, England 15 March 2006 Date: 15 March 2006

Idle Talk The Royal & Sunalliance Steeple Chase Cheltenham Festival 2006 Cheltenham Racecourse, Cheltenham, England 15 March 2006 Date: 15 March 2006

Woman at the window, 1891 (oil on canvas)
OVR390593 Woman at the window, 1891 (oil on canvas) by Lochen, Kalle (Karl) (1865-93); 100x60 cm; Private Collection; Photo © O. Vaering

Little Child in the Grass, 1892 (oil on canvas)
OVR395259 Little Child in the Grass, 1892 (oil on canvas) by Groenvold, Bernt (1859-1923); 36x61 cm; Bergen Art Museum, Norway; Photo © O. Vaering

Idle Moments, (watercolour)
656964 Idle Moments, (watercolour) by Forbes, Elizabeth Adela Stanhope (1859-1912); Private Collection; (add.info.: Idle Moments. Elizabeth Adela Stanhope Forbes (1859-1912). Watercolour

The Round Table; La Table Ronde, 1936 (oil on canvas)
653346 The Round Table; La Table Ronde, 1936 (oil on canvas) by Marchand, Jean (1883-1940); 65.4x81.3 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Round Table; La Table Ronde. Jean Marchand (1882-1941)

The Lazy Student (engraving)
3648040 The Lazy Student (engraving) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Lazy Student. Illustration for Kulturgeschichtliches Bilderbuch aus drei Jahrhunderten by)

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

Comic postcard, Foreman and workman Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Boss and workman Date: 20th century

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)

Calligraphic title page with vignette of the Skeleton of Death tipping over a misers chair as two relatives grab bags of money from his strong box

Farniente (pastel on paper)
PWI91654 Farniente (pastel on paper) by Aman-Jean, Edmond-Francois (1858-1936); Musee National d Art Moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France; ePeter Willi; French, out of copyright

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

Melenconia I, 1514 (Burin engraving)
5890642 Melenconia I, 1514 (Burin engraving) by DAorer or Duerer, Albrecht (1471-1528); 24x18.8 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

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

An Idle Sunday (colour litho)
5230180 An Idle Sunday (colour litho) by Underwood, Clarence F. (1871-1929); Private Collection; (add.info.: An Idle Sunday)

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)

A hot day, 1876 (etching)
497602 A hot day, 1876 (etching) by Forbes, Edwin Austin (1839-95); 47.9x60.5 cm; Gilder Lehrman Collection, New York, USA; (add.info.: Created by Forbes, a member of the French Etching Club)

On picket at the river bank, 1876 (etching)
497598 On picket at the river bank, 1876 (etching) by Forbes, Edwin Austin (1839-95); 47.9x60.5 cm; Gilder Lehrman Collection, New York, USA; (add.info.: Created by Forbes)

In the Rowing Boat, 1898 (oil on canvas)
BSA101196 In the Rowing Boat, 1898 (oil on canvas) by Tuke, Henry Scott (1858-1929); 15.8x23.4 cm; Private Collection; eThe British Sporting Art Trust; English, out of copyright

Sketch for The Idyll (oil on canvas)
LGH250493 Sketch for The Idyll (oil on canvas) by Leighton, Frederic (1830-96); Leighton House Museum, Kensington & Chelsea, London, UK; eLeighton House; English, out of copyright

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)

Breakfast in Bed, 1897 (oil on canvas)
HEH372320 Breakfast in Bed, 1897 (oil on canvas) by Cassatt, Mary Stevenson (1844-1926); 58.4x73.7 cm; Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, CA

Sweet Idleness, Naples, 1897 (glass plate)
494191 Sweet Idleness, Naples, 1897 (glass plate) by Fratelli Alinari (fl.1854-1920); Alinari

Matins at D-wn-ng College, Cambridge, pub. 1810 (hand coloured engraving)
3051763 Matins at D-wn-ng College, Cambridge, pub. 1810 (hand coloured engraving) by Gillray, James (1757-1815); Private Collection; (add.info)

Heathcote, Ilkley, Yorkshire (colour litho)
3652254 Heathcote, Ilkley, Yorkshire (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Heathcote, Ilkley, Yorkshire)

The Religious Mania among the Doukhobors in Manitoba, Scenes in the Colony (b / w photo)
1600973 The Religious Mania among the Doukhobors in Manitoba, Scenes in the Colony (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

A Days Alligator Shooting in Jamaica (engraving)
1050863 A Days Alligator Shooting in Jamaica (engraving) by Nash, Joseph (d.1922); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Days Alligator Shooting in Jamaica)

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

Meditation (oil on canvas)
Ma229656 Meditation (oil on canvas) by Soulacroix, Joseph Frederick Charles (1825-79); Private Collection; Photo eThe Ms Gallery, London; French, out of copyright

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

An Oleander, 1882 (oil on panel)
RA15128 An Oleander, 1882 (oil on panel) by Alma-Tadema, Lawrence (1836-1912); 92.8x64.7 cm; Private Collection; English, out of copyright

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

Pleasure Cruise on the Sea, poster advertising the Hamburg American Line
SFP409444 Pleasure Cruise on the Sea, poster advertising the Hamburg American Line, 1904 (colour litho) by Schwormstadt, Felix (1870-1938) (after); Cauer Collection

Elegant company on a terrace, 1669 (oil on canvas)
487075 Elegant company on a terrace, 1669 (oil on canvas) by Janssens, Hieronymus (1624-93) (circle of); 58.3x82 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; Dutch, out of copyright

Buying a substitute in the North during the war, c. 1880-90 (etching)
497524 Buying a substitute in the North during the war, c.1880-90 (etching) by Volck, Adalbert John (1828-1912); 26.1x34.8 cm; Gilder Lehrman Collection, New York

The Industrious Prentice Alderman of London: The Idle One Brought Before Him
1071419 The Industrious Prentice Alderman of London: The Idle One Brought Before Him and Impeach d by his Accomplice, 1747 (engraving) by Hogarth

Idle Moments in Ancient Rome (oil on canvas)
2601887 Idle Moments in Ancient Rome (oil on canvas) by Morton, George (1851-1904); 55.9x40.6 cm; Private Collection; Bourne Gallery, Reigate, Surrey; English, out of copyright

Idle Moments (oil on panel)
700735 Idle Moments (oil on panel) by Jonghe, Gustave Leonard de (1829-93); 53.7x65.1 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; Belgian, out of copyright

On the Terrace (oil on canvas)
BOW106505 On the Terrace (oil on canvas) by Bls, Eugen von (1843-1931); 66x46.3 cm; Private Collection; Courtesy of Simon Gillespie Studio, London; Austrian, out of copyright

Man smoking in a parlour, 1862 (oil on canvas)
1763998 Man smoking in a parlour, 1862 (oil on canvas) by Soden, John Edward (fl.1861-87); The Geffrye Museum of the Home, London, UK; eGeffrye Museum; British, out of copyright

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"Idle: A Journey Through Moments of Rest and Reflection" In this captivating collection, we explore the concept of "idle" through various settings and scenarios. From the bustling Carbodies factory, where The London Taxi Company crafted iconic taxis known as The Ladder of Fortune, to the serene riverside depicted in the oil painting "By the Riverside, " each image invites us to contemplate moments of idleness. "Marmottes administratives, " an illustration from Le Pele-Mele, takes us on a whimsical journey into administrative marmots' world—a playful reminder that even in our busiest days, there is room for lightheartedness. Meanwhile, at the Cheshire Fox Meet, we witness a pause in time as riders and hounds gather before embarking on their exhilarating chase. Nature also offers its own instances of idleness. In Katmai National Park's Grizzly Bear sanctuary in Alaska, a sow and her cubs find solace in restful repose amidst their wild surroundings. Similarly, Idle - Town Gate - Ox roast captures Bradford's vibrant community coming together for leisurely enjoyment. The Green in Bradford provides another picturesque scene where locals find respite under leafy canopies or engage in friendly conversations on warm afternoons. Contrastingly, Striking Lancashire Workers reminds us that sometimes idleness is not by choice but rather a collective stand against injustice. Photographs from Gainsborough shooting party transport us to exclusive gatherings where affluent individuals celebrate birthdays with outdoor sporting pursuits—an intriguing glimpse into what some may perceive as idle indulgence. Yet amid these diverse portrayals lies deeper meaning—such as Un vago es un during Spain's Civil War—a poignant statement highlighting how societal labels can shape perceptions of idleness without truly understanding individual circumstances.