Asleep Collection (page 9)

Nursery Rhymes -- cutting skirt, mouse-drawn cart
Nursery Rhymes -- two illustrations. Above -- There was an old woman, as I ve heard tell, she went to market her eggs for to sell; she went to market all on a market day

Mother Goose illustration -- There was an old woman, as I ve heard tell, she went to market her eggs for to sell... and she fell asleep upon the Kings Highway

Italian postcard, infantrymens dugout, WW1
Italian postcard depicting La Casa del Fante (the home of the infantry) during the First World War. The men are lying asleep in their dugout, their spades and picks leaning up against a post

British soldier asleep in a trench
A British soldier, his rifle and helmet beside him, sleeps in the uncomfortable surroundings of his trench. 1916

Japanese Woman O-Koto-San goes to sleep - Goodnight! Date: circa 1905

8th Duke of Devonshire and Sir John Eldon Gorst
The Story of the Duke and the Bunnygorst. Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire (1833-1908) as a rather lazy layabout

Washington, Library of Congress Mural - Keats Endymion
Washington DC, USA - Mural - Poetry Series by Henry Oliver Walker (1843-1929). Found in the Library of Congress, Thomas Jefferson Building. Keats Endymion - The shepherd boy asleep on Mount Latmus

WWI - Sweet Remembrance from France - Shell through wall
WWI - Sweet Remembrance from France - The Same to you, and many of them! A resting soldier is seemingly unperturbed by a large artillery Shell bursting through the wall above his bed

Christmas postcard - Asleep at Midnight
Christmas postcard - On the Bridge at Midnight A gent (looking suspiciously like Mr Punch) passes out on Christmas Eve after a heavy evening! Date: 1907

Istanbul, Turkey - Sehzade Mosque and Fountain
The Sehzade Mosque (Sehzade Camii) - Ottoman imperial mosque located in the district of Fatih, on the third hill of Istanbul, Turkey. Sometimes referred to as the Princes Mosque. Date: circa 1910s

Mozambique - Maputo - Two Rickshaw Boys take a nap Date: circa 1910s

Sgt G Booth of 85 Squadron fast asleep after the days ops
Sgt G. Booth of 85 Squadron fast asleep after the days ops. He was killed later in the war

Sheltering on underground stations 1940
During the blitz of the Second World War, Londoners made uses of the underground tube stations as air raid shelters, because they felt secure. Date: 1940

Teddy bears on the beach

Teddy asleep

Riding a donkey asleep in the rain

A man or monk seated at a table, leaning on his arms, possibly asleep or meditating. Date between 1800 and 1850

The Believers Vision. Angels ever bright and fair, Take oh take me to your care. Speed to your own courts my flight, Clad in robes of virgin white.Woman dreaming while asleep of angels. Date: ca. 1873

Francis (Frank) Smyth Powell
Pencil drawing of Francis (Frank) Smyth Powell (1850-1931), one of the children of the Reverend Baden Powell and his third wife Henrietta, by the artist Carl Hartmann (1818-1857)

Soldiers asleep in railway carriage during rail strike
During the 1911 rail strike two soldiers of the South Staffordshire Regiment take a nap in one of the unused railway carriages. 1911

The Old Curiosity Shop, Nell in the shop
The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens, first published in the weekly serial Master Humphreys Clock from 1840 to 1841 and then as its own book in 1841

Arab boy with donkey, Egypt
An Arab boy in Egypt, sleeping at the side of his donkey. Date: 20th century

Sea Cadets in hammocks on a barge, Walton, Essex
Four sea cadets in hammocks under the watchful eye of an officer who was also the owner of The British King, a barge moored at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex. circa 1960

Shepherd bellows into horses ear
Rather Hard of Hearing A young Shepherd fails to get the message across to his trusty steed, who appears to be stone deaf. Date: circa 1910s

Girl with her toys - asleep
A young girl asleep on a large white pillow or cushion in her garden, surrounded by her dolls and toys. Painting by a 14-year-old student at the Vienna School of Arts and Crafts. Date: circa 1920

Royal wedding 1986 - sleeping spectator
A spectator, worn out by the effort of watching the royal wedding in London in July 1986, takes the opportunity to snatch forty winks on a park bench

A morning concert
Wife: " George! George! You are not in church!" A husband dozes off in the front row during a morning concert, to the despair of his wife. Date: 1865

Medieval bores and boars: after the feast
Three men at the end of a medieval feast: an abbot bores his neighbour, while his other guest tries not to fall asleep. A monk carries away a boars head on a platter out of the hall. Date: Medieval

The Truth About Grown-Ups by William Heath Robinson
A baby, who should really be fast asleep in his cot, instead regales a gathered group of elves and pixies in his bedroom with tall tales about the deeds of his parents

Illustration with music, Sleeping, showing a young mother with her baby asleep on her lap. first published 1881

Switzerland - Pigs take a nap after lunch
Switzerland - A group of pigs take a nap after lunch on a Swiss hillside farm Date: circa 1910s

Little girl asleep, dreaming of her soldier father
A little girl asleep in an armchair, dreaming of her soldier father who is away fighting in the First World War. The caption is written in English and French. 1915

Hunter trampled by elephant, Sri Lanka
Caught at Last -- a hunter being trampled by an elephant in Ceylon (Sri Lanka). 1854

A charm against Fairies by M. Reed
A rather alarming illustration (at least to any new parents) depicting a baby being spirited away by fairies who leave a wizened changeling of their race in its place while its mother sleeps

Tangiers - Morocco - A Woman of the Mountains carrying her sleeping child in a sling across her shoulders and wearing a wide-brimmed straw hat and very large scarf/shawl. Date: circa 1910s

Illustration, To the Sun Door, showing two little girls sleeping on clouds near a bright yellow sun. 1885

Little girl looking after a sick baby
A little girl looking after her sick baby brother. She has given him some medicine and now hes asleep in his cradle. She hopes that when he wakes up he will be better again. 1897

German prisoner of war camp, a subalterns sketches
Sketch by Lieut. J. F. Watton, showing a British officer asleep in a bunk inside the prisoner of war camp Oflag VII. C/H. It is one of several pictures sketched by Watton

From Hop o My Thumb by Katharine Cameron. Cameron was a Glasgow born illustrator and an associate of Jessie M King and the Mackintoshes. 1904

From The Sleeping Beauty by Katharine Cameron. Cameron was a Glasgow born illustrator and an associate of Jessie M King and the Mackintoshes. 1904

The Three Bears. Goldilocks asleep on Tinys bed. Unattributed illustrator Date: circa 1870

Tramp on Embankment in dressing gown
A tramp asleep on a bench on the Thames Embankment in London. He is wearing an old dressing-gown as an overcoat and his shoes are held together with string. Date: circa 1926

Elegant fairy asleep on a mushroom
An elegant fairy asleep on a mushroom. circa 1922

And there they sat and sang all night, I heard them singing in my sleep (Visitors). 1922

JH Hartley. The sleeping beauty
The Sleeping Beauty -- the Prince is about to kiss the Princess to wake her up. 20th century

Alphabet -- Letter Z. 20th century

Sketch of a sleeping pig

Woman Asleep in Bed
A young woman sleeps peacefully in bed Date: 1930s

All Professionally Made to Order for Quick Shipping