Nap Collection

Railway Sleeper - Melton Mowbray Station
The Railway Sleeper series - A snoozing Hunstman taking a nap with his foxhound at Melton Mowbray Station! Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Railway Sleeper - Euston Station
The Railway Sleeper series - A snoozing Scottish football fan at Euston Station awaiting his return train back north of the border. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

International baking powder. Manufactured by Queen City Chemical Co. Buffalo, N.Y. Advertisement for International brand baking powder, showing a cat awakened by bread rising. Date c1885

Railway Sleeper - Crewe Station
The Railway Sleeper series - A snoozing railway porter at Crewe Station. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

The Humorist Easter Number 1938
The Humorist Easter Number front cover illustrated by William Heath Robinson featuring two exhausted cyclists sleeping off a picnic lunch, unaware that somebody is riding away on their tandem bicycle

Forty Winks by C. E. Wilson
A dear old lady in a mop cap, spectacles and a tartan shawl has fallen asleep at a table in the middle of reading a newspaper and sewing a patchwork quilt

Railway Sleeper - Marylebone Station
The Railway Sleeper series - A snoozing post young gentleman propped up against a bollard at Marylebone Station after a wild Christmas party! Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

A Blackpool Siesta
An oil painting showing a woman taking a quick nap upon the curve of a low wall in Blackpool, a seaside resort in England. Date: circa 1930

Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Un vago es un faccioso (A lazy is a factious). Poster edited by the Departament of Public Order of Aragon

Comic postcard, Couple asleep in the countryside Date: 20th century

Rest period, Fyfield Residential Open Air School, Essex
Rest period at Fyfield Residential Open Air School, Essex Date: 1935

Comic postcard, Three Stone Age men - A quiet game of Nap. Date: 20th century

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

Pauline Chase asleep
Actress Pauline Chase sleeping. Date: 1912

FRANCE / NAP. & EAGLES FRANCE / NAP. & EAGLES
Emperor Napoleon distributes Eagles (regimental flags & Roman-like standards) to members of the French army. Date: 5th December 1804

Small children take a nap during the afternoon, Sri Lanka
Two nuns watch as small children take a nap during the heat of the afternoon at a school run by the The Good Shepherd Sisters, in Sri Lanka Date: 1995

Old lady asleep with paperback book
An old lady falls asleep outdoors with her Agatha Christie who-done-it paperback book. Herefordshire, England Date: circa 1970

Sleeping old man on doorstep, Turkey
An old Turkish man in cloth cap snoozes on a doorstep in Avenos, Turkey Date: circa 1984

Playing cards with comic verse on a Christmas card
Playing cards with comic verse on a Christmas and New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

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

Nap. with Las Casas
He walks with Las Casas on Saint Helena

Woman asleep on a train. circa 1950s

A Sleepy Pear by Lawson Wood
A pair of adorable baby orang utans snuggle up together for a snooze under an orange blanket, a nibbled pear cast to one side. Date: 1932

Old man reading, Paris
Old man reading a large book (or has he fallen asleep?), Paris. Date: 1954

Caledonian Market 1930S
An exhausted barrow boy, probably up since the crack of dawn, takes a sneaky afternoon nap behind one of the stalls at Caledonian Road Market, London. Date: early 1930s

Ww1 Postcard Flag Cards
Flags of the Allies in the form of a hand of cards: Its a " Nap" hand Date: 1914-18

Bismarck & Nap at Sedan
After the battle of SEDAN, a triumphant Bismarck doffs his cap to the defeated Napoleon Date: 2 September 1870

Japan - Children in day beds at a nursery
Children in day beds at a nursery, while their Mothers are at work. The bed consists of thick quilts laid on a floor of tatami straw mats. Date: 1932

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

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

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

An Afternoon Nap
A man in a suit enjoys an afternoon nap in a wicker armchair. Date: early 1930s

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

SOROLLA, Joaqu�(1863-1923). The Nap. 1901
SOROLLA, Joaqu� (1863-1923). The Nap. 1901. Post-Impressionism. Oil on canvas. SPAIN. Madrid. Sorolla Museum

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

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

The village glee singers. Two men enjoy a good sing, whilst a third has a nap at the table. Date: 18th century

Fable - The Tortoise and the Hare
The complacent hare takes a nap under a tree while the Tortoise romps home in this cautionary tale advocating the slow and steady over the fast and flippant. Illustration by Malcolm Greensmith

Man asleep in a garden, Mid Wales
A man in a straw hat and shirtsleeves, asleep in a garden, Mid Wales. He appears to have been doing some gardening, as he has left his clippers in front of the railings behind him

Napping soldiers WWI
Catching a nap under a pile of wood before the next onslaught during the First Battle of the Marne

Woman asleep on board boat
A woman takes a well earned rest on board a boat after recovering the cabin roof in teak!

Railway Sleeper - Cardiff Station
The Railway Sleeper series - A snoozing Welsh rugby fan at Cardiff Station, delighted that Wales beat France 23-11! Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Railway Sleeper - Grimsby Station
The Railway Sleeper series - A snoozing deep sea fisherman propped up against a bollard at Grimsby Station holding onto his latest catch of a giant cod! Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Railway Sleeper - Kings Cross Station
The Railway Sleeper series - A snoozing tramp at Kings Cross Station dreaming of wealth as he clutches a copy of the Financial Times. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Railway Sleeper - Oxford Station
The Railway Sleeper series - A snoozing University graduate seated on his trunk, nods off at Oxford Station as he studies a map of the London Underground

Railway Sleeper - Bath Station (Christmas)
The Railway Sleeper series - A snoozing Tramp at Bath Station at Christmas. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Railway Sleeper - Downham Market Station
The Railway Sleeper series - A snoozing Farmer at Downham Market Station awaiting his return train back north of the border. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

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