Sleeping Collection (page 12)

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

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

Book of Hours for Charles V. 16th c. French school. Cod. Vitr. 24-3. Folio 149. Tree of Jesse. According the prophecy of Isaiah, family tree after Jesse (sleeping), the father of King David

BUNYAN, John (1628-1688). English Christian writer and preacher, who is well known for his book The Pilgrims Progress. Bunyans dream in which he saw the story of Pilgrims Progress. Engraving

Nestl頡dversiting poster of childrens food (1931)
Nestl頡 dversiting poster of childrens food (1931)

VAN STRYDONCK, Guillaume. The Little Master is
STRYDONCK, Guillaume Seraphin van (1861-1937). The Little Master is Sleeping. Impressionism. Oil on canvas. BELGIUM. WALLONIA. HAINAUT. Tournai. Fine Arts Museum

Japan - Interior of a room: Japanese Sleeping
Lantern slide of Interior of a room: Japanese Sleeping.. Part of Box 158 Japan, Part of Boswell Collection, slide no. 6 Date: circa 1890s

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

Lion sleeping on paw (Panthera leo). Ngorongoro - Tanzania - Africa

A Many-lined Sun Skink (?) sleeps at night on a branch in the undegrowth of a primary rainforest. river Danum valley conservation area, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia; June. Mabuya multifasciata (?)

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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

Advert for Vi-spring Mattress 1934
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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

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

Silhouette. The Sleeping beauty. The prince awakens his true love. German. Date: 1920

A Anderson. Kind angels (1915)
Angels watching over child. Angels watching over a sleeping child. Date: circa 1918

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

Interior of a YMCA hut in London
The interior of a YMCA hut in London, full to the brim with sleeping soldiers. Some of the lucky ones have beds, others have secured a chair while many sleep on the floor

AFS women, Southwark Fire Station, WW2
AFS (Auxiliary Fire Service) women in their bunk room at Southwark Fire Station (Station 60), Southwark Bridge Road, SE1, during the Second World War. Date: circa 1940

Canadian scouts in winter camp, Canada
Scouts belonging to A W R Burrows troop in winter camp, Canada, bedding down for the night in the open air

Dawn, First World War scene on the Western Front
Dawn, photographed by Cooke showing British troops, who have slept in the open country waking up to a misty morning in Flanders. Date: 1914

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 troops in one of the Aisne quarries, 1914
British troops resting in a disused quarry cave in the Aisne district of France. Most of the men when not actually in the trenches sleep

Derby recruiters sleeping at a recruiting office, WW1
Worn out Derby recruiters snatching some sleep at their offices after a busy night dealing with the final rush of recruits under Lord Derbys group system

Periscopied in the North Sea 1916
An unfortunate experience of a German u-boat coming up to the surface underneath a sleeping fisherman in his rowing boat. Please note

The Soldiers Dream by B Bairnsfather
A cartoon exploring the dreams of World War I infantry. This particular soldier will be rather disappointed upon waking. 1915

The Professional Touch by Bairnsfather
The Professional Touch " Chuck us out that bag o bombs, mate; its under your ead" A cartoon by Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander Date: 1916

His Dual Obsession by Bairnsfather
His Dual Obsession Owing to the frequent recurrence of this dream, Herr Fritz von Lagerschifter has decided to take his friends advice

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

Women as war-time firemen in their bunks
Members of the Womens Volunteer Reserve in bunks at the Holborn Union Workhouse for aged women, due to being in attendance day and night for duty. Date: 1916

The Prince awakens Sleeping Beauty. Date: circa 1902

Sleeping Beauty
The Prince awakens the Sleeping Beauty who has slept for 100 years. Date: 1899

Teasing the Turk, WW1
An Irishman in a trench during the Dardanelles teases the Turkish enemy with a pith helment on his rifle, peeping over the parapet. Date: 1915

Two geishas sleeping, Japan. Date: circa 1890s

Suggested Christmas gifts 1915
Advert for suggested Christmas gifts for Britains Blue and Khaki boys. Chamois leather waistcoat, with long sleeves, sleeping caps -favourite cap with men of both forces

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

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Revolutionary design for air liner by G. H. Davis
A British flying wing project: a revolutionary design for a speedy night-flying air liner. Details of the proposed Armstrong-Whitworth flying wing

Advert for Vi-spring Mattress 1935
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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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