Asleep Collection (page 7)

Decorated Christmas tree with children asleep
Decorated Christmas tree with two children asleep below. Date: circa 1890s

Boy and girl riding a reindeer on a New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Boy and girl on a rooftop on a Christmas card
Boy (with wings) and sleeping girl on a rooftop on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Two children asleep in bed on a Christmas card, with bells and a star. Date: circa 1890s

Dawn in the British trenches. Infantry asleep in the trenches at dawn after fierce fighting. (Location unspecified, but would be Flanders or France.) Date: 1914

Bristol Diocesan Home, Blyth, Bristol - Dormitory
Bristol Diocesan Home, Blyth, Bristol - girls asleep in a dormitory. The beds carry brass plaques commemorating those giving financial support to the establishment. Date: circa 1908

Girl in a garden with a doll on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Young couple sleep on last bus home, Manchester
A young couple sleep on the last bus home from the centre of Manchester. Date: circa 1981

Frontispiece design by Cecil Aldin, Puppy Tails. A hungry puppy suspects a sleeping puppy of having eaten his dinner. Date: 1912

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, sleeping bulldog
Illustration by Cecil Aldin, a sleeping bulldog. Date: 1927

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, bull terrier lying down
Illustration by Cecil Aldin, a bull terrier lying down (probably Aldins own dog, Cracker). Date: 1927

Hungry Peter as a piglet approaches a fireplace
Pleasant Dreams -- Hungry Peter the a piglet finds a cat asleep in the fireplace. Date: 1912

Patient fishermen, illustration by William Heath Robinson
A party of benevolent philanthropists rewarding the patience of unfortunate fishermen, illustration by William Heath Robinson. Credit must appear as: Courtesy of Mrs J. C

Cover design by Cecil Aldin, The Farmyard Puppies, showing two lively puppies about to disturb a sleeping pig. Date: 1911

Sleepy owl tickled by mice. Date: circa 1933

Cartoon, Delicious Dreams! Castles in the Air! Glorious Prospects! Vide An Afternoon Nap after the Fatigues of an Official Dinner, by James Gillray

Cartoon, Political Dreamings, Visions of Peace! Perspective Horrors! by James Gillray. Showing William Windham, British War Minister, asleep and dreaming in bed, surrounded by visions

Cartoon, Wife & No Wife, or, A trip to the Continent, by James Gillray. Showing the secret marriage believed to have taken place between the Prince of Wales (later George IV) and Mrs Fitzherbert

Illustration, The Four Clever Brothers -- They found the Princess on the rock; the Dragon asleep with his head on her lap. Date: 1909

Illustration, A Song of the English, Campfire
Illustration to A Song of the English, a patriotic set of poems by Rudyard Kipling (first published in the English Illustrated Magazine)

Illustration, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, by Kupka. Date: early 20th century

Accustoming our Lads by Degrees to Sleep Under a Roof
Untraining the Army - another idea from William Heath Robinson for ensuring soldiers become accustomed once more to civilian life

The hunters sleep, Les Images en Musique
A hunter sleeps while rabbits dance round him in a ring, illustration in Les Images en Musique, with illustrations by Benjamin Rabier and easy pieces for piano by Jane Vieu. Date: 1908

Tramp asleep on a Balham street, SW London
A tramp asleep on a bench on a Balham street in SW London. The various bags and papers appear to belong to him. Date: circa 1960s

National Guardsmen in the Corps de Garde, Paris.. Handcolored aquatint engraving after an illustration credited to Victor Auver from A Tour through Paris, William Sams, London, 1825

Nurse with baby
A nurse holds a sleeping baby who wears a long, white gown. Date: c. 1910

Cartoon, German soldier dreaming, WWI
Cartoon, the Boches dream. A hungry German soldier dreams of beer and sausages while asleep in the snow on the Western Front during WW1. Date: 1915

WW2 greetings card, Safety First, showing a sleeping bear with a barrage balloon on a piece of string. Date: circa 1942

Wilson and Nelstrop asleep on Coniston Water, Lake District
Wilson and Nelstrop asleep on a boat on Coniston, Lake District, or more likely pretending to sleep - another photograph giving the lie to Edwardian conformity. Date: circa 1907

A fairy asleep on a cobweb
Silhouette depicting a fairy asleep on a cobweb hammock. Date: 1928

Bruce Bairnsfather cartoon, Maxim Maxim
Captain Bruce Bairnsfather, WW1 cartoon, Maxim Maxim -- Fire should be withheld till a favourable target presents itself, published in the Bystander, 1916. Date: 1916

Turmen - a family sleeps outside on plank-beds - sunrise. Karahoudan village - in foothills of Kopetdag mountains - Turkmenistan. Spring - April

European Bison - adult male - snoozes in frosty morning - a female bison in background (Bison bonasus L.). Bialowieza Nature Park - Belorussia. Spring

Short-crested forest dragon is asleep on a leaf in the undegrowth of the primary rainforest (Gonocephalus liogaster). in river Danum Vallley Conservation Area, typical night scene; Sabah, Borneo

Poster, The Artists Dream, Maskelyne & Cooke
Poster for The Artists Dream, one of Maskelyne & Cookes Mysteries, performed on stage. The artist has painted a portrait of his recently deceased wife

Boy scouts at camp, early morning, Mauritius

A Kiss from the Trenches by John E. Sutcliffe, WW1 Christmas
A young woman, asleep in an armchair by an open fire dreams of receiving a kiss on the cheek from the ghost of her soldier husband or sweetheart. Date: 1916

British troops bivouacked before attack on the Somme, WW1
The British offensive in the Somme district of France - men of the Warwickshire Regiment bivouacked before an attack in July 1916. Date: 1916

Blitz in London -- irefighters sleeping during the day, WW2
Blitz in London -- a row of firefighters sleeping during the day after a busy night on duty. Date: 1940s

The Bill for Billeting Soldiers, WW1
Billeting terms for householders taking in soldiers during the early weeks of the First World War. with an extremely young soldier demonstrating how a young Tommy fits in - sleeping on the floor

British sailor snoozing on deck, WW1
Jack takes a sun-bath on a huge buoy. A British sailor enjoys a few moments of relaxation in the middle of an inflatable buoy on board his ship during the First World War. Date: 1916

Snow White silhouette
Snow White asleep in a casket, attended by the Seven Dwarfs. Date: circa 1915

Two geishas sleeping, Japan. Date: circa 1890s

Three Blind Mice by George Studdy
Three little mice, somewhat the worse for wear having polished off a glass of wine at an empty restaurant table. Date: 1915

Bonzo Suffers From Overwork by George Studdy
Bonzo Suffers From Overwork. He is fast asleep after a rummage through his mistresss sewing basket. Date: 1923

Soldiers taking nap in a trench, Western Front, WW1
Two British soldiers taking a nap in a trench on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Cartoons, Antwerp to London, WW1
Cartoons, Antwerp to London, by a Belgian artist who did it. Showing how a Belgian artist, Ms Norblin, decided to escape wartime Belgium

The Bonzolines have a couple by George Studdy
The Bonzolines get a little squiffy on whisky, and spill some of the decanters contents. George Ernest Studdy (1878-1948), was the creator of Bonzo

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