Napping Collection (#3)

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

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)

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)

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, David Muirhead (1876-1953); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection

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)

Everything OK. Just going to have a bathe (colour litho)
8656473 Everything OK. Just going to have a bathe (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: "Everything OK)

Asleep, Atlas, Auction, Auger, Awning, Axle, Baboon, Baby, Badger, Baggage, Bagpipe, Baker (engraving)
8650031 Asleep, Atlas, Auction, Auger, Awning, Axle, Baboon, Baby, Badger, Baggage, Bagpipe, Baker (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Asleep, Atlas)

Sleeping boy impervious to all attempts to wake him up in the morning (colour litho)
8635903 Sleeping boy impervious to all attempts to wake him up in the morning (colour litho) by Thiele, Carl Robert Arthur (1860-1936); Private Collection; (add.info)

Shelley: Prometheus Unbound (litho)
8655242 Shelley: Prometheus Unbound (litho) by Bell, Robert Anning (1863-1933); Private Collection; (add.info.: Prometheus Unbound)

Dreams of the Past (engraving)
8676286 Dreams of the Past (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dreams of the Past. "Youth, infancy and age in slumber lie")

Wolfert Webber at the Inn (Wolfert Webber's Golden Dream) 1857 (Oil on canvas)
8766600 Wolfert Webber at the Inn (Wolfert Webber's Golden Dream) 1857 (Oil on canvas) by Quidor, John (1801-81); 68.6x86.4 cm; High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; © High Museum of Art

Sleeping satyr, Barberini faun, unknown author, ante 1811 (marble)
6384281 Sleeping satyr, Barberini faun, unknown author, ante 1811 (marble); Museo di Roma, Rome, Italy; (add.info.: Sleeping satyr, Barberini faun, unknown author, ante 1811)

A night shelter for the poor and homeless, provided by the Salvation Army in the 19th century (engraving)
1000853 A night shelter for the poor and homeless, provided by the Salvation Army in the 19th century (engraving); Private Collection; (add.info.: A night shelter for the poor and homeless)

Magnetizer student manual, c.1850-1900 (print)
8615290 Magnetizer student manual, c.1850-1900 (print); (add.info.: Cover of the book "Manual of the student magnetizer" by Baron du Potet (Denis, Jules Dupotet)

Reading, their bodies sometimes lean on one side, and sometimes on the other
PCT4256412 Reading, their bodies sometimes lean on one side, and sometimes on the other, in proportion to the effectiveness of the verse or prose! (image about the boredom caused by reading)

Soldiers quarters with camp beds, 18th century
3507853 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)

A lonely mother with her little boy, 1850
3478183 A lonely mother with her little boy, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a lonely mother with her little boy asleep on her lap. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Heav'n but the Vision of fulfill'd Desire, And Hell the Shadow of a Soul on fire
3086249 Heav'n but the Vision of fulfill'd Desire, And Hell the Shadow of a Soul on fire, Cast on the Darkness into which Ourselves, So late emerg'd from, shall so soon expire

Education. Children life in the countryside. Sleep time. Engraving "Munchener Bilderbogen", Germany
3434968 Education. Children life in the countryside. Sleep time. Engraving "Munchener Bilderbogen", Germany, c.1880 (colour engraving); (add.info.: Education. Coll. Part. Education)

Delilah cutting Samson's hair, 1834
3478951 Delilah cutting Samson's hair, 1834; (add.info.: Delilah cutting Samson's hair. Illustration by William Marshall Craig (ca l765-ca l834)

The farmer asleep, and the thief creepy-creep (colour litho)
8642522 The farmer asleep, and the thief creepy-creep (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The farmer asleep, and the thief creepy-creep)

Drunk (engraving)
8642690 Drunk (engraving) by Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Drunk. Illustration for The Humourist by W H Harrison (Ackermann, 1831).); © Look and Learn

Don't worry - I'm quite comfortable here! (colour litho)
8656823 Don't worry - I'm quite comfortable here! (colour litho) by Carter, Reg (1886-1949); Private Collection; (add.info.: "Don't worry - I'm quite comfortable here)

Illustration for Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens (litho)
8664531 Illustration for Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens (litho) by Furniss, Harry (1854-1925) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Wounded Oliver smiles in his Sleep)

New York woman stealing from a sleeping man in the park (engraving)
8664227 New York woman stealing from a sleeping man in the park (engraving) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The pirate of the parks)

Ariadne, c.1720 (marble)
XYC238472 Ariadne, c.1720 (marble); 25.4x62.2 cm; Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, USA; (add.info.: daughter of King Minos of Crete;)

Walking wounded sleeping on deck, illustration from The Western Front, pub. by Country Life Ltd, 1917 (litho)
STC400437 Walking wounded sleeping on deck, illustration from The Western Front, pub. by Country Life Ltd, 1917 (litho) by Bone

Art. The french painter Henri de Toulouse Lautrec sleeping at the "Relais"
3434434 Art. The french painter Henri de Toulouse Lautrec sleeping at the "Relais", house of the couple Thadee Natanson and Misia Sert at Villeneuve sur Yonne

Tomb of Princess Sofia Czartoryski of Varsavia (d.1837) by Lorenzo Bartolini (1777-1850) 1844 (marble)
BEN85173 Tomb of Princess Sofia Czartoryski of Varsavia (d.1837) by Lorenzo Bartolini (1777-1850) 1844 (marble); Santa Croce, Florence, Italy; Photo © Raffaello Bencini

Issaquah, Washington State, USA. Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, sleeping on a towel-covered sofa. (PR)

Nap time
Roxana Labagnara

Unwelcome Visitors - Crows at a Tennis Party in India, 1891. Creator: R Barnes
Unwelcome Visitors - Crows at a Tennis Party in India, 1891. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 44. July to December, 1891

Mexican Resting on a Cactus
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European river otter (Lutra lutra) sleeping on rocky shore, Shetland, Scotland, UK, July

Destitute Dead Mother holding her sleeping Child in Winter, c. 1850 (oil on canvas)
XOS5884756 Destitute Dead Mother holding her sleeping Child in Winter, c. 1850 (oil on canvas) by Tassaert, Octave (1800-74); 33x25 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH

The Dormition of Virgin Mary altar, 28/11/2022 (photo)
8602813 The Dormition of Virgin Mary altar, 28/11/2022 (photo) by German School, (15th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Dormition of Virgin Mary altar (Maria-Schlaf-Altar)

Mahanirvana of Buddha (photo)
DND112469 Mahanirvana of Buddha (photo) by Indian School; Sanchi, Madhya Pradesh, India; Dinodia

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"From Lions to Kangaroos: The Art Around the World" A majestic adult male lion in Serengeti National Park greets his son, reminding us that even kings need their beauty sleep. Mariachi music fills the air as a man with a trumpet takes a well-deserved nap, proving that even musicians need rest between lively performances. Gian Lorenzo Bernini's masterpiece, "The Sleeping Hermaphrodite, " showcases the importance of comfort while napping, as depicted by an added mattress on this ancient sculpture. An Australian kangaroo peacefully slumbers with the national flag draped over its body, symbolizing the pride and tranquility found in taking a quick snooze Down Under. Railway sleepers at Melton Mowbray Station and Crewe Station remind us of weary travelers finding solace in brief moments of shut-eye amidst their journeys. The iconic "Dying Lion" Memorial at Lucerne captures the essence of peaceful slumber amid turmoil, serving as a poignant reminder that rest can be found even in challenging times. Sleepy bears cuddle together for warmth and relaxation, showcasing how animals also understand the value of rejuvenation through naps. C. E Wilson's painting titled "Forty Winks" portrays two contented individuals indulging in midday repose, emphasizing that sometimes all we need is just a short break from our busy lives. Euston Station's railway sleeper offers respite to tired commuters seeking refuge from bustling city life – proof that urban dwellers appreciate stolen moments for rest too. The meridian line artwork known as "The Siesta" depicts people enjoying leisurely afternoon naps under shady trees; it serves as an ode to cultures worldwide who embrace siestas as part of their daily routine.