Sleeping Collection (page 9)

St Joseph's dream. Auxerre (stained glass)
8711132 St Joseph's dream. Auxerre (stained glass); (add.info.: Auxerre Cathedral. Stained glass. St Joseph's dream. Auxerre. France.); © Pascal Deloche/Godong.

Children hygiene. Child sleeping, child in the bath. Book by Dr Jules Rengade, "Life and Health" 1881 (print)
7295216 Children hygiene. Child sleeping, child in the bath. Book by Dr Jules Rengade, "Life and Health" 1881 (print); Private Collection; Photo ©Jaime Abecasis.

Scene From Sleeping Beauty By Charles Perrault. The Princess Has Pricked Her Finger And Fallen Asleep
UIG5420392 Scene From Sleeping Beauty By Charles Perrault. The Princess Has Pricked Her Finger And Fallen Asleep. The Good Fairy Then Casts A Spell So That Everyone In The Castle Falls Asleep

An engraving depicting a complete bedroom suite, 19th century
5311147 An engraving depicting a complete bedroom suite, 19th century; (add.info.: Date: 1886); Universal History Archive/UIG.

A sleeping car during the day and then at night
5308322 A sleeping car during the day and then at night.; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a sleeping car during the day (above) and then at night with the bunks pulled down. Dated 19th century

19th century, French, illustration, showing the Virgin Mary holding a sleeping baby Jesus, c.1840
3666108 19th century, French, illustration, showing the Virgin Mary holding a sleeping baby Jesus, c.1840; (add.info.: 19th century, French, illustration)

A Sleeping Dervish by Shafi Abbasi, Muhammad, 1650 (watercolour, gouache, white colour, ink on paper)
FIA5634332 A Sleeping Dervish by Shafi Abbasi, Muhammad, 1650 (watercolour, gouache, white colour, ink on paper); State Museum of Oriental Art, Moscow, Russia; (add.info.: Shafi Abbasi)

Christ on the Mount of Olives, around 1420 (engraving)
7415641 Christ on the Mount of Olives, around 1420 (engraving); Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France; (add.info.: Christ on the Mount of Olives Anonymous Southern Germany)

The captive wife refers to the story of the same title
MMM5484721 The captive wife refers to the story of the same title by Simmons, William Henry (1811-82); National Maritime Museum, London

Win the Gloves, relating to the story of the same title edited by William Henry Harrison in 1838
MMM5484720 Win the Gloves, relating to the story of the same title edited by William Henry Harrison in 1838. Engraving by Henry James Richter; R Staines, ca

Homeless Londoners
5616061 Homeless Londoners; (add.info.: Illustration depicting homeless Londoners sleeping on the pavement. Dated 19th Century. 01/01/1872); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Engraving depicting homeless Londoners sleeping rough under a railway arch, 19th century
5308824 Engraving depicting homeless Londoners sleeping rough under a railway arch, 19th century; (add.info.: Engraving depicting homeless Londoners sleeping rough under a railway arch)

A guardian angel watching over a child's sleep (illustration)
DUV4217254 A guardian angel watching over a child's sleep (illustration); 31x24 cm; (add.info.: I can read (Methodic and fun alphabet by a dad)

Sleep, baby
DUV4217189 Sleep, baby; 31x24 cm; (add.info.: I can read (Methodic and fun alphabet by a dad) - abecedary comprising a reading method and an illustrious alphabet); Photo © Duvallon.

Scotch Politics: To be read backward, like a Witch's Prayer. Three figures sobbing Edmund Burke (1729-1797)
FLO4718265 Scotch Politics: To be read backward, like a Witch's Prayer. Three figures sobbing Edmund Burke (1729-1797), sleeping Scotch MacDonald and robber North

A Teasel, 1850
3479659 A Teasel, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a teasel; a tall prickly Eurasian plant with spiny purple flower heads; which is used in the raising of a nap on woollen cloth)

United States Civil Warred silk night cap of Edward N. Whittier of the 5th Maine Battery
3029043 United States Civil Warred silk night cap of Edward N. Whittier of the 5th Maine Battery.; Private Collection; (add.info.: Red silk night cap of Edward N. Whittier of the 5th Maine Battery)

Vishnu sleeping upon the coils of the serpent of cosmic time
3330752 Vishnu sleeping upon the coils of the serpent of cosmic time; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Vishnu sleeping upon the coils of the serpent of cosmic time)

Blitz, 1940-41: Elephant and Castle Tube Station, 11 November 1940 (b/w photo)
8634822 Blitz, 1940-41: Elephant and Castle Tube Station, 11 November 1940 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Elephant and Castle Tube Station)

We're not going home (colour litho)
8635572 We're not going home (colour litho) by German School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: We're not going home. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn.

Another way of putting it (litho)
8663010 Another way of putting it (litho) by May, Phil (1864-1903); Private Collection; (add.info.: Another way of putting it)

By train (litho)
8663961 By train (litho) by Pont (Graham Laidler) (1908-40); Private Collection; (add.info.: By train. Couple travelling by train with their sleeping child)

Illustration for Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens (litho)
8664615 Illustration for Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens (litho) by Furniss, Harry (1854-1925) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The fat boy asleep again)

'They might have been asleep, both of them' (colour litho)
8645206 'They might have been asleep, both of them' (colour litho) by Cooke , William Cubitt (1866-1951); Private Collection; (add.info.: 'They might have been asleep)

Office rules. Clerks are requested not to overwork themselves (colour litho)
8656615 Office rules. Clerks are requested not to overwork themselves (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Office rules)

Child asleep in bed (coloured engraving)
8655768 Child asleep in bed (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Child asleep in bed)

Forgetting Pain (litho)
8655395 Forgetting Pain (litho) by Max, Gabriel Cornelius, Ritter von (1840-1915) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Forgetting Pain. Ape sleeping on a blanket in an enclosure)

Let me go! I am a somnambulist! (colour litho)
8656765 Let me go! I am a somnambulist! (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: She: "Let me go! I am a somnambulist)

Resting, c.1875 (oil on canvas)
8698264 Resting, c.1875 (oil on canvas) by Sargent, John Singer (1856-1925); Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA; (add.info.: By John Singer Sargent).

The Resurrection, c.1635 (oil on panel)
5860788 The Resurrection, c.1635 (oil on panel) by Breenbergh, Bartholomeus (1599-1657); 35.5 x 20.7 cm; The Art Institute of Chicago, IL, USA; (add.info.: By Bartholomeus Breenbergh).

The Dormition of the Virgin, 14th century (watercolour on parchment)
FIA5634095 The Dormition of the Virgin, 14th century (watercolour on parchment); Matenadaran, Mesrop Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts, Yerevan

An elderly man discovering a sick mother and her daughter hiding
5307949 An elderly man discovering a sick mother and her daughter hiding.; (add.info.: Engraving an elderly man discovering a sick mother and her daughter hiding in his cellar. Dated 19th century)

Cartoon depicting Theodore Jones' silent alarm clock bedstead which was exhibited at the Great Exhibition
5308794 Cartoon depicting Theodore Jones' silent alarm clock bedstead which was exhibited at the Great Exhibition; (add.info)

A Wassermaschine or water-carriage with musicians in fishscale costumes and a sleeping Cupid hanging by one leg
FLO4703285 A Wassermaschine or water-carriage with musicians in fishscale costumes and a sleeping Cupid hanging by one leg

She cried " O miserable man, what sorry watch is this that thou has kept"
3086236 She cried " O miserable man, what sorry watch is this that thou has kept", illustration from 'The Story of The Magic Horse', 1938 (colour litho) by Dulac

A Teasel, 1850
3479660 A Teasel, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a teasel; a tall prickly Eurasian plant with spiny purple flower heads; which is used in the raising of a nap on woollen cloth)

A young mother saying goodnight to her child, 1850
3477997 A young mother saying goodnight to her child, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a young mother saying goodnight to her child, whilst her sisters admire the baby)

Soldiers quarters with camp beds, 18th century
3507854 Soldiers quarters with camp beds, 18th century; (add.info.: Soldiers quarters with camp beds, inside Fort George; 18th-century fortress, north-east of Inverness in Scotland)

"On a half-reap'd furrow sound asleep...", Illustration to the poem To Autumn, by John Keats
3502847 "On a half-reap'd furrow sound asleep...", Illustration to the poem To Autumn, by John Keats, from Poems of Keats

Elves and fairies, owls and squirrels, asleep in a tree in the moonlight. Handcoloured woodblock print by Edmund Evans
FLO4614696 Elves and fairies, owls and squirrels, asleep in a tree in the moonlight. Handcoloured woodblock print by Edmund Evans after an illustration by Richard Doyle from In Fairyland

Gentleman reading a comedy aloud in a living room, when half asleep and quite stupid
FLO4679248 Gentleman reading a comedy aloud in a living room, when half asleep and quite stupid. Handcoloured copperplate drawn

Two by two the hundred eyes closed (litho)
8639155 Two by two the hundred eyes closed (litho) by Richardson, Frederick (1862-1937); Private Collection; (add.info.: Two by two the hundred eyes closed)

My dream (colour litho)
8672712 My dream (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: My dream. Boy asleep in the woods dreaming about fiaries and animals)

Victor Hugo
673206 Victor Hugo; (add.info.: Victor-Marie Hugo (26 February 1802 - 22 May 1885) was a French poet, playwright, novelist, essayist, visual artist, statesman

Sleeping wounded from the Somme, illustration from 'The Western Front', pub. by Country Life Ltd, 1917 (litho)
STC400460 Sleeping wounded from the Somme, illustration from 'The Western Front', pub. by Country Life Ltd, 1917 (litho) by Bone

On a hospital ship at night: the Orderly, illustration from 'The Western Front', pub
STC404025 On a hospital ship at night: the Orderly, illustration from 'The Western Front', pub. by Country Life Ltd, 1917 (litho) by Bone

Sketch for "The Oriental Dream", before 1904 (oil on fabric)
XOS5882386 Sketch for "The Oriental Dream", before 1904 (oil on fabric) by Lecomte du Nouy, Jean Jules Antoine (1842-1923); 12.4x19.6 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH

Mother takes a constitutional every afternoon - liar! (colour litho)
8656489 Mother takes a constitutional every afternoon - liar! (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

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"Embracing the Serenity of Sleep: A Journey through Nature and Art" In the tranquil embrace of slumber, a pair of red squirrels find solace within their drey nestled inside a cozy nest box adorned with lichen. Their peaceful repose mirrors the serene dreamscape envisioned by Charles Dickens in his unfinished masterpiece, "Dickens Dream, " as depicted by Robert William Buss. Meanwhile, Mabel Lucie Attwell's enchanting illustration titled "The Allies of Santa Claus" transports us to a world where even Santa's helpers find respite in sleep. Just like the Alaskan sea otter mother tenderly cradling her young pup while drifting off into blissful rest. Autumn brings about a sense of tranquility for hazel dormice as they curl up for hibernation in Kent, UK. Similarly, sperm whales gracefully float near Pico, Azores, Portugal during their resting period in June 2009—a testament to nature's ability to find peace amidst vast oceans. Even our furry friends experience the joys of slumber; a yellow Labrador puppy finds comfort atop a toilet roll at just nine weeks old—innocence personified. John Everett Millais' painting "My Second Sermon" captures an ethereal moment frozen in time when sleep overcomes its subject during church service. "The Railway Sleeper" evokes images of weary travelers finding solace on long journeys—a reminder that sleep can be found even amidst bustling chaos. Dionysus and his Maenads embody both ecstasy and surrender as they succumb to rest after revelry—an artistic representation of embracing rejuvenation. Cecil Aldin's depiction aptly named "Sleeping Partners and Dissolved Partnership" showcases two dogs sharing not only physical space but also an unbreakable bond forged through shared dreams. Lastly, Francisco Goya's engraving from Los Caprichos warns us that without reason we may find ourselves surrounded by monsters in the realm of dreams.