Sleeps Collection

The Railway Sleeper
An exhausted conscript on Nation Service sleeps at Darlington Railway Station en rout to or from a posting to the Northern military base at Catterick, York. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

A little girl asleep on her mothers lap circa 1890

Sleeping Beauty by Arthur Rackham
Princess Briar Rose, aka Sleeping Beauty, pictured in a perfect pose as she sleeps for a hundred years after pricking her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel

ENDYMION
Endymion, beloved by the Moon- goddess Selene, sleeps - eternally young - on Mount Laetmus, where she visits him nightly, eventually bearing him fifty daughters

Girl Sewing / Cat Sleeping
A little girl sits sewing while her cat sleeps at her feet

Tabby and White Cat
A tabby and white cat sleeps

Dirty Dog on Bed 1909
A white puppy sleeps on a bed: he is covered in mud, and has left dirty pawprints all over the covers and pillow

Meissonier on Location
ERNEST MEISSONIER French artist, famous for his military scenes, sketched at work in the open air, while his dog sleeps. Date: 1815-1891

Wotan at the Pyre
Wotan bids farewell to his daughter Brunnhilde as she sleeps a magic sleep surrounded by a magic fire which only a true hero can penetrate (Sigfried does it !)

Couple Take Tea 1875
A young couple take an evening cup of tea together while the cat sleeps contendedly on the mat

The City That Never Sleeps
Scenes from the lost 1924 silent film The City That Never Sleeps, showing a prohibitionist nightclub. Date: 1924

Delilah has Samson's hair cut whilst he sleeps, and so robs him of his strength and delivers him into the hands of the Philistines

WOTAN'S FAREWELL
Act Three : Wotan takes a last look at his daughter Brunnhilde as she sleeps encircled with fire

THE SLEEP OF BRUNNHILDE
Act Three : Brunnhilde sleeps, encircled by fire

Ada Leonora Bowley
Santa bringing gifts to the bedside while a young girl sleeps. Artist: Ada Leonora Bowley. Date: circa 1910

Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire
The Big D. Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire (1833-1908). Date: 1900

The Sleep Date: 1895

Santa Sleeping

Family Road Trip Date: 1950

GIRL ASLEEP WITH DOLL
A little girl sleeps peacefully in her bed, clutching onto her doll. Date: 1913

Mother and child 1842
A mother watches her child as it sleeps in its swinging cradle Date: 1842

LEIPZIG MARKET / POTTERY
A stallholder sleeps on her pottery stall at the Leipziger Debbermarkt. Date: 1901

HARE AND TORTOISE
THE HARE AND THE TORTOISE The hare sleeps... and the tortoise wins the race Date: 1809

Girl has Fairy Dreams
A little girl sleeps with her doll in her arms and dreams of fairies Date: circa 1890

Japanese Mother sleeps as baby causes havoc
A Japanese Mother sleeps as her baby causes havoc, by knocking a flowerpot filled with water all over the floor - print by Utamaro Kitagawa (1753-1805). Date: circa 1790s

Dreamland with Chevalier Ernest Thorn (22nd September 1853 -21st May 1928) was a touring magician and inventor from Austria

Mother carries her baby, Freetown, Sierra Leone, West Africa
Mother carries her baby, in a sling on her back, Freetown, Sierra Leone, West Africa Date: circa 1930s

Fortune telling from tea leaves
While reason sleeps, Auntie tells her young nieces of the handsome strangers promised by their tea leaves. Date: 1851

The Man Who Slept Through H. M. Bateman
While his fellow voyagers cruise up the Nile and enjoy the spectacle of an Egyptian sunset, a man sleeps through on deck, blissfully unaware of what he is missing

Snow White and 7 Dwarfs
Snow White sleeps peacefully, surrounded by seven dwarfs crowded around her bed

Brazilian Porcupine
histrix prehensilis It preys by night and sleeps in the day. It makes a noise like the grunting of a Swine, and grows very fat

An Emperors Divorce starring Ronald Bayne & Evelyn Hope
An Emperors Divorce. The figures of Napoleon and a repining Josephine suggest that this is a version of A Royal Divorce. The message written on the reverse of the card is from Ronald Bayne

Nursery Rhymes - He sleeps
He sleeps - man asleep on chain - black space in kitchen wall. Part of Box 52 Boswell collection. Nursery Rhymes. Date: circa 1890s

A baby sleeps beside a collection box for disabled children Date: circa 1980

A man sleeps rough beneath a big bunch of birthday balloons! Date: circa 1981

Japanese Art - Toddler causes havoc whilst his mother sleeps
Japanese Art - Toddler causes havoc by upturning a fishbowl whilst his mother sleeps, unaware of what is occurring! The goldfish are looking decidedly unimpressed with their predicament!

Bermuda Labourer - Outerbridges Lily Field - Lazing on a Sunny Afternoon... Date: circa 1907

Girl in Hammock
A girl sleeps in a hammock while another female stands at an open window holding a fan, outside palm fronds tell us we are in the tropics : it is probably quite hot... Date: circa 1840

Spinning, Harris
On the island of Harris, a woman uses an elegant old wheel to spin for Harris tweed, while her dog sleeps beside her Date: 1920s

Mama & 2 Sleeping Kids
A mother sits with her two daughters on her knee - one of them sleeps soundly Date: circa 1840

London at night - Washing down the streets - Piccadilly 2am
London at night - Washing down the streets around Piccadilly at 2 o clock in the morning - " While London Sleeps". Date: circa 1920s

WW1 - Russian troops rest after battle on Turkish front Date: 1916

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

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 (?)

Suffragette Raid on the House. Dog sleeps soundly in his kennel, unaware that three kittens, one with a VFW flag, are on the attack. A play on words. Date: circa 1909

Suffragette Husband Minds Babies. Husband minds the babies while wife sleeps in bed. Pro-suffrage notices on the wall. Regretfully, he thinks

Suffragette Hammer in Pocket Policeman. Wily suffragette with half concealed hammer sees her chance as policeman sleeps whilst on duty. Although the suffragettes have nt votes

Loyalty by George Studdy
Loyalty -- Bonzo shows his loyalty in his own inimitable way by putting dirty pawprints all over his masters clothes, while Chee-Kee the Pekingese sleeps in a top hat

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