Sleeping Collection (page 16)

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

Vampire bats attack sleepers
Three sleeping men attacked by vampire bats. Date: C.1895

Man sleeping
A nap by the sea at Borstahusen, Landskrona, Sweden, 1967 Date: 1967

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

Farmyard Dogs
Dogs sleeping in a Devon (England) farmyard, happy to be beside the farmer, hammering in his outbuilding. Date: early 1930s

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

Illustration with music, Tired, showing a young girl sleeping on the grass. 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

Our Local Express (2 / 2)
A satirical look at an express train service (2/2 - see 10425389). 1907

A lady relaxing with her dogs
A colour illustration showing a lady distracted from her book by her sleeping dogs

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

Madame Anna Marie Tussaud waxwork (1761-1850) with the model of Sleeping Beauty c. 1850

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

The cat that lead a dogs life
Two toddlers stroking a cat. Date: 1930

Advert for Vi-Spring Mattress 1931
Built to give better rest. Inmaking of a Vi-Spring overlay mattress spring follows spring until beneath every square inch of its surface there lies a small spring to give an exquisite softness

The Children In The Wood, by C. Lucy
A colour illustration by C. Lucy, depicting two children, a boy and a girl, curled up sleeping in a forest

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

Outback Camping Snooze
Bushwalkers sleeping off an 18 mile walk in the cool of the evening. Soon camp fires will be lighted and these hungry walkers will have a well- earned meal! Date: 1940s

Sleeping Lion
A lion sleeping on his side, South Africa. Date: 1960s

Jumbo Jet Bedtime Story

Two sparrows perched on a branch at night
Two sparrows, Jack and Jennie, perched on a branch at night. Jennie is wide awake, worrying about where they should build their nest. Date: 1937

Sparrow chirping on Mrs Bobbitys window ledge
Jack Sparrow chirping on Mrs Bobbitys window ledge, wanting her to get up so that he can gather crumbs for his growing family

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

The Origin of a Painter by William Mulready
A young boy traces the profile of a sleeping man from his shadow on the wall, the principle of which was used by silhouette artists. Date: 1828

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

Santa filling the stockings by Hilda Dix Sandford. Illustration from a postcard by Hilda Dix Sandford (1875-1946). She specialised illustrating children at play. circa 1909

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

Royal Wedding 1947 - all night vigil
Enthusiastic spectators wrapped up warm against the cold as they spend the night sleeping on the London streets in the hope of bagging a top spot along the processional route for the royal wedding of

The Sleeping Beauty by Lilian Govey. She came to a little attic at the top a tower, where an old woman sat spinning all alone. A fairy tale by Charles Perrault Date: 1912

Sleeping cubicle, Rowton House, Camden

And very softly hasten down and out beyond the sleeping town to find my fairy lake (The Island). 1922

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

Algeria - Children and a little donkey
Algeria - A man leading a little donkey carrying a wide array of household goods, textiles and a girl. They are talking to a boy seated on the ground, while a dog takes kip in the midday sun

Sketch of a sleeping pig

Syntax Reads Aloud 1815
Dr Syntax recites from his tour notes in a country inn: the reception by the other guests is varied. Date: 1815

Erotic Dreams C1860S
People dreaming erotic dreams under the influence of incense and alcohol. Date: circa 1860s?

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

Siegfried & Brunnhilde
Act three : Siegfried is enraptured at the sight of the sleeping Brunnhilde

Social / Liverpool Slum
A family in a slum house in Liverpool Date: 1960

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