Sleep Collection (page 3)

Comic postcard, Large woman lying on the beach Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Two drunkards on a train Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Man asleep on the beach, dreaming of all the office work he isn t having to do Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Woman in deckchair at the seaside, dreaming of all the housework she isn t having to do Date: 20th century

1860s Japan - portrait of two young women sleeping Felice or Felix Beato (1832 - 29 January 1909), Italian-British photographer working mostly in India, Japan, China

Late 19th century - young Japanese woman sleeping
Vintage 19th century studio portrait, Japan

Asleep at the wheel on Channel steamer
Asleep at the wheel on board Channel steamer. Date: circa 1950s

Comic postcard, Middle aged couple on their honeymoon - which half do I sleep with? Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Crowded hotel room in a seaside hotel Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Crowded hotel bedroom at Mablethorpe Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, People sleeping on the roof at Falmouth Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, People sleeping on the stairs at Weston-Super-Mare. Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, British soldier dreaming of home sweet home, WW1 Date: circa 1918

If ye break faith with us who die, we shall not sleep, though poppies grow in Flanders fields. The mother, widow and little daughter of a British soldier who died early in World War One visit his

Fashionable couple disturbed by stupid, stone-cold
Fashionable couple disturbed at home in the morning by stupid, stone-cold idle relatives. Miseries of the country. Handcoloured copperplate engraving designed

Hennel Landschad and his wife Mia, 14th century
Hennel Landschad von Steinach, died 1377, and his wife Mia von Sickingen. From a grave effigy in a church in Neckarsteinach

Farmers and hunters in ancient Germanic peoples. Hunters wear short woven tunics, the farmers are naked apart from a short cape. The farmers hold a hoe and jug. From Philipp Kluvers Germania Antiqua

A lustful monk Lucius tricks and seduces a young girl
A lustful monk Lucius tricks and seduces a young virginal peasant girl in his cave. The hermit. L Ermite. Lithograph after an illustration by Charles Martin from Jean de la Fontaines Contes et

Christmas card, three robins asleep on a branch. 20th century

Christmas card, Santa Claus visiting baby in cot. circa 1950

Norman furniture: a royal bed 276 and a common bed 277. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalarts Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity

First bas-relief of a 12th century sarcophagus: the dream of a knight sleeping on a bed with wheels and bells under a castle battlement with queen and ladies, lances raining down from a cloud

Interior of a large communal house in Nootka Sound, with villagers smoking and drying fish, sleeping and caring for children. The beams are decorated with large totemic faces

Diana led by Amore (cupid) falls in love with
Diana, the moon goddess, led by Amore (cupid) to fall in love with the sleeping shepherd Endymion. Copperplate engraving by Tommaso Piroli from his Antiquities of Herculaneum (Antichita di Ercolano)

Bacchus contemplates the sleeping Ariadne on Naxos
Bacchus, an amorino, and his tutor Silenus with long thyrsus, contemplate the sleeping Ariadne on the island of Naxos. Copperplate engraving by Tommaso Piroli from his Antiquities of Herculaneum

Naked youth sleeping in the shade of a tree. Perhaps Endymion, hunter or shepherd, as evidenced by the lance and dog. Copperplate engraving by Tommaso Piroli from his Antiquities of Herculaneum

Mother putting her child into a cradle. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Augustin Legrands Amour et Tendresse (Love and Tenderness), Louis Janet, Paris, 1820

Mother and child on a chaise longue
Mother with a child sleeping on her lap on a chaise longue. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Augustin Legrands Amour et Tendresse (Love and Tenderness), Louis Janet, Paris, 1820

Artwork by Florence Auerbach, profile of a young woman. Date: late 19th century

The Land of Nod by Muriel Dawson. 1941

Illustration, Fisherman fast asleep. first published 1838

Comic illustration, In Dreamland. 1870

Illustration, Much Ado About Nothing, by William Shakespeare
Illustration by Kenny Meadows to Much Ado About Nothing, by William Shakespeare. Introductory illustration, depicting a dozy member of the nightwatch. Date: 1840

The Monthly Nurse (a woman who looked after a mother and her baby after childbirth). Date: 1840

A regiment of Belgian troops en route to Mexico
The Belgian-Mexican regiment on board The Louisiana on their way to Mexico. A group of soldiers sit around a pot of food, eating

Poster, Cod Liver Oil and Orange Juice
Poster, Don t forget Cod Liver Oil and Orange Juice, Ministry of Food. circa 1948

Mother cat reading to kittens on a postcard
Mother cat reading to her two kittens at bedtime on a postcard. Date: circa 1890s

Angel and sleeping girl on a cutout Christmas card
Angel watching over a sleeping girl on a cutout Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Christmas card, Baby Jesus and Lambs. 20th century

Biblical Tales by John Lawson, Jesus in storm
Biblical Tales by John Lawson, Jesus asleep in the storm

Man sleeping on a bench in a side street, Venice, Italy. Date: circa 1890s

Postcard booklet, Greetings from Dixieland, USA, showing a cotton picker asleep with his head inside a basket. Date: 1937

Advert, Wrights Coal Tar Soap, brings sweet refreshing sleep to baby. 1913

Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire
The Big D. Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire (1833-1908). Date: 1900

Panto time from the clowns point of view 1858
Well attended threatre, with every watching except one! 1858

Woman asleep in an armchair with an anti-snoring machine attached to her. Date: 1960s

Illustration, girl asleep under a tree. Date: 1895

In Hammersmith Road, West London situated the fourth of the series of Rowton Houses, a poor mens hotel, for sixpences per night. Photograph showing the courtyard where the lodgers can relax

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