Tired Collection

Chimney Sweeps 1866
The young and the old, both looking tired after a days work

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

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Jack and Jill. Within four miles of London, the friends see the sun rising over St Pauls Cathedral. Date: 1914

Cinderella by Arthur Rackham
Ella, aka Cinderella, sitting in rags with a broom in her hand. Date: 1919

British troops resting after six days fighting, 1944
A group of jocular British soldiers take a rest after six days spent attacking the strongly defended German positions on Mounts Camino and Maggiore, fighting through thick mud and unceasing rain

Elderly woman in front of a Welsh dresser, Mid Wales
An elderly woman in Victorian style costume sitting in front of a Welsh dresser, Mid Wales. The dresser contains family photographs and crockery

Wizatd of Oz / Poppy Field
Dorothy and the Cowardly Lion start to yawn and fall asleep amongst the poppies while the Scarecrow and Tin Woodman wonder what to do

Plutarch / Thevet 1584
PLUTARCH Greek biographer and historian

Fairyland Express, All Aboard for the Land of Nod
Toddlers in white nightgowns board a train to the Land of Nod, accompanied by various toys as bedtime companions. Date: 1924

Slow Coach and infuriated passenger
A lovely postcard by Lance Thackeray entitled Urgent - featuring a carriage being pulled by a very tired old nag and being driven by an old soak of a driver

Dip in the morning and Dip at Night. A housewife seems to be gaining a lot more personal pleasure from her morning soak than her evening with her soak who is not performing to quite her

Letter to Laura Francatelli, RMS Titanic survivor
White Star Line, RMS Titanic. Previously unseen letter dated 5th May 1938 on United Artists Studio Corporation, Hollywood notepaper to Titanic First Class passenger Laura Mabel Francatelli

Disgruntled Man
A portrait photograph of a disgruntled, tired looking man, used for advertisement purposes. Date: circa 1939

Cartoon, The Sleeping Palace (of Westminster)
Political cartoon, The Sleeping Palace (of Westminster), at the end of a long and weary House of Commons session - a parody of a painting by Burne-Jones, The Garden Court Date: 1891

The Tale of Dick Whittington
Dick Whittington - Dick lying in the doorway of the house of a kindly merchant (2 of 12) Date: circa 1900

Agricultural labourers, The End of a Long Day Date: 1891

Advertisement, Dr Williams pink pills for pale people. Afraid to face traffic. Nerves in a terrible state and anaemia made her as pale as death

Comic postcard, Little boy going to bed Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Couple and baby in bed with gas masks, WW2 - calling up notice Date: 1940s

Tired and drunken man at a raucous dinner party with foxhunters. Miseries of Social Life. Handcoloured copperplate engraving designed

Two Regency men stoppped to talk in a freezing wind, one impatient to walk home. Miseries of Social Life. Handcoloured copperplate engraving designed

RAF Halton Ten Tors expedition 1977 - Green worm
RAF Halton Apprentices competing in the 1977 Ten Tors cross-country team march. - A tired competitor sleeping through the day. Date: 1977

The Cherub - Chamberlain keeping watch on Poor Jack
The Cherub - Joseph Chamberlain looking out for the interests and security of Poor Jack with his Merchant Shipping Bill. Date: 1884

Dressmakers workroom in London 1858
Interior of the working conditions of a dressmakers workroom in the west-end of London. With women over worked and tired at five-past twelve midnight. 1858

Advert for Homocea 1897
Homocea brand, with toilet soap, embrocation and nursery powder, to help with the cure of oyclists, athletes, pedestrians, soreness, cures tired, swollen feet and rheumatism. Date: 1897

Dead Polar Bear, Franz Josef Land, 1896
Photograph of a Polar bear shot dead by Frederick Jackson, during the Jackson-Harmsworth Polar Expedition, at Elmwood, Franz Josef Land, 1896

Covent Garden Market Women 1873
Group of the female workers of Covent Garden Market taking a rest, next to a pile of baskets and boxes, London. Beside them a small dog sits, looking tired. Date: 1873

HOUSEWIFES TEA BREAK
A tired housewife in an apron sits on a chair, frowning. Is she not entitled to a tea break? Date: late 1960s

CHINCHILLA CAT YAWNS
This Chinchilla cat is obviously tired as he gives a big yawn. Date: 1950

Kashmir, Srinagar. Boatman asleep in shade on back of boat
Kashmir, Srinagar. A lazy boatman asleep in shade on back of a boat carrying animal fodder Date: 1986

Kashmir - boatman paddling his flat-bottomed shikara boat
Kashmir - yawning boatman paddling his flat-bottomed shikara boat in the Vale of Kashmir Date: 1986

A woman sleeps at her vegetable stall in a Hong Kong market
A woman sleeps soundly while waiting for customers at her vegetable stall in a Hong Kong Market Date: 1979

A newpaper seller sits on the pavement in a street in Canton
A young male newspaper seller sits on the pavement beside his wares in a street in Canton, Guangzhou, China. He is barefoot and rests his head on his hand. He appears to be sleeping

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

When tired of cricket... try Spooning! A dashing young cricketer discovers countryside delights beyond the boundary! He must have thought his luck could be in as he has come prepared with his little

Advertisement, Dr Williams pink pills for pale people. Mother weak from childhood. Son a victim of St Vitus Dance. The patent medicine pills contained iron oxide and magnesium sulphate

Louis Wain, Daddy Cat - kittens on Daddys knee, tired after dancing. circa 1910s

An exhausted cab horse - The Strand, London
London Life - An exhausted cab horse tended to on the street - The Strand, London Date: circa 1901

An Interlude, by Fortunino Matania
In a shell damaged French chateau, tired Allied officers rest pensively, listening to a British officer playing a piano and a French officer singing Date: 1917

All Aboard for Margate
Illustration by F. Matania showing the New Palace Steamer, the Koh-i-noor leaving Old Swan Pier for Margate, 1906. The Sphere dubbed the trip as the voyage down the river which brings health to tired

Advertisement for Hixopad rubber heels - the best. Date: early 20th century

Advertising Postcard for Afrana Sewing Machines produced by Biesolt & Locke of at the Meissen Sewing Machine Works, Meissen, Saxony, Germany

Louis Wain Daddy Cat - shopping with Mummy Cat. circa 1910s

Cartoon, Waking up Germania, WW1
Cartoon, Waking up Germania. After the war, Madame Germania must pay the bill for all the damage she has done. The waiter is a macabre, thin man with a skull for his head. Date: 1918

Young couple and child sleeping in a train compartment. Date: circa 1960s

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Micky and Cracker, an Irish Wolfhound and a Bull Terrier. Seen here behind his desk, growing bored by the story about the monkey. Date: 1927

Sleepy-Head by Muriel Dawson -- a little girl with her doll and teddy bear is ready for bed. Date: circa 1940s

Military camp in Aldershot
British Soldiers asleep in camp, Aldershot, 1889 Date: 1889

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