Sleeping Collection (page 7)

Comic postcard -- boy and sleeping tramp
Comic postcard -- a boy urinating on a sleeping tramp through a fence. Date: circa 1900s

Comic postcard, Two ducks and a sleeping Scotsman Date: 20th century

Cosy scene with cat and fireplace on a greetings card
Cosy scene with cat sleeping in front of a fireplace on a cutout greetings card. Date: circa 1900s

Angel and sleeping child on a cutout Christmas card
Angel watching over a sleeping child on a cutout Christmas card. circa 1890s

Mother carries her baby, Freetown, Sierra Leone, West Africa
Mother carries her baby, in a sling on her back, Freetown, Sierra Leone, West Africa Date: circa 1930s

The Colonels Christmas Dream by H. M. Bateman
A Colonel dreams of inspecting a battalion of Father Christmases. Date: 1928

Jesus sleeping awakened and calms the storm - Matthew 8. circa 1688

WW1 - American sailors billeted the Royal Courts of Justice
WW1 - American sailors billeted in the Grand Hall of the Royal Courts of Justice, London. Date: circa 1917

Advertising Postcard for Afrana Sewing Machines produced by Biesolt & Locke of at the Meissen Sewing Machine Works, Meissen, Saxony, Germany

Sleeping on deck aboard the R. M. S. P. Atlantis
A passenger on board the RMSP Atlantis takes to sleeping in the shade on deck with an ice pack on her forehead to cool her down. Date: 1931

Satan tempts Eve in the dream. Paradise Lost by John Milton
John Milton (1608-1674). British poet. Paradise Lost. 1658-1667. Satan tempts Eve in the dream. Engraving of John Martin (1789-1854). Colored

Dyonisus. Roman mosaic
Roman mosaic depicting god Dionysus. Detail of the mosaic Meeting between Ariadne and Dionysus. 4th century. Anniboni. National Museum of Roman Art. Merida. Spain

Satyr. Roman mosaic
Roman mosaic depicting a Satyr. Detail of the mosaic Meeting between Ariadne and Dionysus. 4th century. Anniboni. National Museum of Roman Art. Merida. Spain

Harlequinade in a Sleeping Beauty pantomime - Harlequin, Pantaloon, Columbine and Clown. circa 1900s

Fairy Dreams by Hilda T Miller. 20th century

Balloon Seller and two naughty boys 1917

Army over Sleeping Men
THE DREAM OF GLORY Over the heads of the sleeping soldiers, a visionarmy sweeps forward to glorious victory... Date: 19th century

Friedrich I (Barbarossa), Holy Roman Emperor from 1155. He drowned in a river near Antioch while on a Crusade, but as depicted here there is a legend that he is sleeping with his knights in a cave

Young couple and child sleeping in a train compartment. Date: circa 1960s

Woman asleep and dreaming on a Christmas card. She has been playing music from Handels Messiah on a pipe organ, and dreams of angels announcing the birth of Christ -- For unto us a child is born

Boy and girl in a fantasy boat on a Christmas card -- A Christmas Dream. Date: circa 1890s

Bull terrier and dachshund puppy sleeping in a chair
A bull terrier and a dachshund puppy sleeping in a chair -- Turps or Tirpz (short for Tirpitz or Turpentine) finds a new use for bull terriers (Aldins own dogs). Date: 1930

Working Horse - lying down sleeping (Equus ferus caballus L.). Okskii Wildlife Reserve - near Ryazan - central Russia. autumn - September

Hint to the Ministry of Health by Heath Robinson
A new fresh air bedroom for the prevention of flu. An outdoor bedroom designed by the ever-inventive William Heath Robinson, built (or rather)

Geisha sleeping, Japan. Date: circa 1890s

Advert for the Olva sleeping blanket, WW1
Advertisement for the Olva improved sleeping blanket, a great improvement on the ordinary sleeping bag. Invaluable for officers on active service

Pencil sketch of sleeping baby
Pencil sketch of a sleeping baby. Date: 1920s

Woman on a bench 1907
Whitechapel, London a geezer; down-and-out lady on a bench Date: 1907

AFS women resting in bunks, Southwark Fire Station, WW2
AFS (Auxiliary Fire Service) women resting in bunks at Southwark Fire Station (Station 60), Southwark Bridge Road, SE1, during the Second World War

Military camp in Aldershot
British Soldiers asleep in camp, Aldershot, 1889 Date: 1889

The Christmas Robbers by William Heath Robinson
A cheery looking cook enjoys forty winks by the kitchen fire, blissfully unaware that an army of mischievous pixies and elves are busy plundering all the Christmas food she has been baking. Date: 1924

The Doctors dream
Having fallen asleep in a room lined with books, Dr Syntax dreams that the books have grown wings and heads of various acquaintances and are flying around above him. Date: 1813

The Man Who Slept Through H. M. Bateman
While his fellow voyagers cruise up the Nile and enjoy the spectacle of an Egyptian sunset, a man sleeps through on deck, blissfully unaware of what he is missing

Late 19th century train travel. Compartments/berths in a sleeping carriage, the dining car and first class seating

Dormy Six by George Studdy
Bonzo and his brethren choose a precarious place in the sun for their afternoon nap. Six little puppies, among them Bonzo, the comic canine creation of George Studdy

Soldiers resting in trench 1918
First battalion Northamptonshire Infantry resting in a British Front line trench at Molain, near Vaux Andigny, in France during World War I on 17th October 1918

Cinderella meets a princess at a spinning wheel
A composite illustration of two childrens stories -- Prince Charming fits the glass slipper on Cinderella (right), and a prince encounters a princess (possibly Princess Aurora)

Little Red Riding Hood meets Goldilocks
A composite illustration of two childrens stories, Little Red Riding Hood on the right (with the wolf lurking in the background), and Goldilocks and the Three Bears on the left

Susi - dozing under a newspaper
Susi - dozing in the garden under a newspaper, the Pictorial. 1950s

Susi - asleep on chess board
Susi - asleep on a chess board after a tough game. 1950s

Susi - in a large ribbon. 1950s

British soldiers sleeping in shell holes, WW1. 1914-1918

An Emperors Divorce starring Ronald Bayne & Evelyn Hope
An Emperors Divorce. The figures of Napoleon and a repining Josephine suggest that this is a version of A Royal Divorce. The message written on the reverse of the card is from Ronald Bayne

Three Basset hounds sleeping on a sofa
Unusual Friends - three Basset hounds sleeping on a sofa. 1950s

Little boy and Collie dog with parasol on a pebbly beach
Unusual Friends - little boy and Collie dog with parasol on a pebbly beach. 1950s

Tabby kitten asleep with a doll
Unusual Friends - tabby kitten asleep with a doll. 1950s

Cavalier King Charles spaniel puppy with bottle
Unusual Friends - Cavalier King Charles spaniel puppy asleep on an empty bottle. 1950s

Two tabby kittens asleep in a saucepan
Unusual Friends - two tabby kittens asleep in a saucepan. 1950s

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