Sleep Collection (page 7)

Couple asleep after preparing Christmas dinner (chromolitho)
8677518 Couple asleep after preparing Christmas dinner (chromolitho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Scene from Sleeping Beauty (chromolitho)
8677394 Scene from Sleeping Beauty (chromolitho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Scene from Sleeping Beauty)

Statues and visitors asleep at the British Museum (b/w photo)
8664255 Statues and visitors asleep at the British Museum (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: We tell Mr Smith - they do fall asleep)

Shell, Shirt, Shoot, Shore, Sieve, Skate, Skull, Slate, Slate, Sleep, Sloop, Sloth (engraving)
8651538 Shell, Shirt, Shoot, Shore, Sieve, Skate, Skull, Slate, Slate, Sleep, Sloop, Sloth (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Shell, Shirt, Shoot)

The Siesta, c.1890-1920 (oil on board)
XOS5871525 The Siesta, c.1890-1920 (oil on board) by Besnard, Paul Albert (1849-1934); 95.2x84.8 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA; (add.info.: painting by Albert Besnard)

Sleeping hermaphrodite, 2nd century AD (marble)
6384342 Sleeping hermaphrodite, 2nd century AD (marble); Palazzo Massimo alle Terme & Museum, Rome, Lazio, Italy; (add.info.: Sleeping hermaphrodite, second century AD)

Roman Art: Auras sleeping on the arms of Hercules (Heracles). Sculpture on marble. 1st century (marble)
AIS5364457 Roman Art: Auras sleeping on the arms of Hercules (Heracles). Sculpture on marble. 1st century (marble); (add.info.: Madrid, National Museum of Archaeology.); © Iberfoto

Portuguese muleteer sleepin gon his mule, 18th century, engraving
1721581 Portuguese muleteer sleepin gon his mule, 18th century, engraving; (add.info.: Portuguese muleteer sleepin gon his mule, 18th century, engraving)

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Tales of the Hunt, (oil on canvas)
658526 Tales of the Hunt, (oil on canvas); 69.9x88.9 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Tales of the Hunt. de Smet (mid 19th century). Oil on canvas. 69.9 x 88.9cm.); © Andrew Macara

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

A scene from Wilkie Collins Moonstone
5307657 A scene from Wilkie Collins Moonstone'.; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a scene from Wilkie Collins Moonstone - Repeat of Dr Candy's experiment)

Santorio Santorio
5307546 Santorio Santorio.; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Santorio Santorio seated in his balance (a steelyard) in which he could eat and sleep

A Pullam sleeper car
5308233 A Pullam sleeper car.; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a Pullman sleeper car on a vestibule train, which has enclosed vestibules at their ends)

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

Japan: portrait of two women in an interior, 1890 (hand colored photograph)
FGL5463069 Japan: portrait of two women in an interior, 1890 (hand colored photograph); (add.info.: Japan: portrait of two women in an interior. One of them is resting, watched over by her friend)

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

First World War: France, Photo by General Joffre with a drawing depicting France finding its two lost provinces, 1915
LUX4735522 First World War: France, Photo by General Joffre with a drawing depicting France finding its two lost provinces

Minerve protects Telemaque et le preserve des powers de l'amour - Minerva protecting Telemachus
FLO4607849 Minerve protects Telemaque et le preserve des powers de l'amour - Minerva protecting Telemachus and preserving him from the shafts of love. Copperplate engraving by W

Interior of a communal Inuit house in Greenland, with families cooking, sleeping, and nursing babies
FLO4621732 Interior of a communal Inuit house in Greenland, with families cooking, sleeping, and nursing babies. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Sasso from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient

Postcard, Satirical in Colors: A pleasant dream - War of 14 -18, Silver, Trenches, Daily Life
ICA4837333 Postcard, Satirical in Colors: A pleasant dream - War of 14 -18, Silver, Trenches, Daily Life, Front (military) - Soldiers; (add.info.: Postcard)

The flemmard. Illustration of " The Brownies", legend of the 19th century reproduced in the poem " Die
IMB4827277 The flemmard. Illustration of " The Brownies", legend of the 19th century reproduced in the poem " Die Heinzelmannchen zu Koln" by August Kopisch (1799-1853)

The Political Caricature (1830), Satirical in Colours, 1831_5_26: The Eclipse of 1832 - Tricolor Flag, Just Middle
ICA4930368 The Political Caricature (1830), Satirical in Colours, 1831_5_26: The Eclipse of 1832 - Tricolor Flag, Just Middle, Cocard - Louis-Philippe; (add.info.: The Political Caricature (1830)

Loire Atlantique (44): On the beach, a large family and a small cabin, 1895
LUX4816277 Loire Atlantique (44): On the beach, a large family and a small cabin, 1895; (add.info.: Loire Atlantique (44): On the beach, a large family and a small cabin

Trigny, Marne (51): Interior of the NCO shelter with candle and bed, 1917
LUX4816580 Trigny, Marne (51): Interior of the NCO shelter with candle and bed, 1917; (add.info.: Trigny, Marne (51): Interior of the NCO shelter with candle and bed, 1917); Photo © Lux-in-Fine

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

France, Brittany, Ille-et-Vilaine (35), Saint-Lunaire (Saint Lunaire): holidaymakers sitting on the beach next to a man
LUX4782567 France, Brittany, Ille-et-Vilaine (35), Saint-Lunaire (Saint Lunaire): holidaymakers sitting on the beach next to a man resting in a hammock, 1903; (add.info.: France, Brittany)

Hypnosis or hypnotic sleep: the catalepsy, decreased sensitivity to pain, during an hypnosis experience
ELD4960633 Hypnosis or hypnotic sleep: the catalepsy, decreased sensitivity to pain, during an hypnosis experience) Engraving of the 19th century Private collection; (add.info)

Homeless accommodation in Manhattan, New York, circa 1870. Check-in of the dormitory at midnight by the manager
NWI4960035 Homeless accommodation in Manhattan, New York, circa 1870. Check-in of the dormitory at midnight by the manager

Patriotic map showing a little boy thinking of his brother who rests on the forehead behind a barrel of bundles
LUX4743386 Patriotic map showing a little boy thinking of his brother who rests on the forehead behind a barrel of bundles and titled " Big Brother we are Proud of you"

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)

History of immigration in America: Immigrants stumble in the hold of a boat from New York to Boston, USA, 1870
NWI4890683 History of immigration in America: Immigrants stumble in the hold of a boat from New York to Boston, USA, 1870

Immigrants waiting to enter Castle Garden (present-day Castle Clinton, at the southern tip of Manhattan)
NWI4890330 Immigrants waiting to enter Castle Garden (present-day Castle Clinton, at the southern tip of Manhattan, New York Harbour) around 1880

Sancho and the hazelnut dealer, detail of the right part, the child in his basket
JEB4881500 Sancho and the hazelnut dealer, detail of the right part, the child in his basket. According to the novel "El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha" (Don Quixote)

Indochina/Vietnam, Haiphong (Hai phong): Shoot depot (rickshaw), resting carriers on a mat, 1900
LUX4810150 Indochina/Vietnam, Haiphong (Hai phong): Shoot depot (rickshaw), resting carriers on a mat, 1900; (add.info.: Indochina/Vietnam, Haiphong (Hai phong): Shoot depot (rickshaw)

Duties towards oneself: the body. Avarice - Prodigalite. The misery and the wealth of the misery
DUV4212732 Duties towards oneself: the body. Avarice - Prodigalite. The misery and the wealth of the misery. Engraving in " The unique book of morality and civic instruction

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

Religious satire showing a priest in a barrel preaching to a crowd of misfits and oddities, cows and chickens
FLO4718244 Religious satire showing a priest in a barrel preaching to a crowd of misfits and oddities, cows and chickens. Copperplate engraving by Thomas Sanders after a satirical illustration by

Lullaby " Sleep" (Colin my little brother). Illustration of Le Natur in " Chansons et rounds
PCT4274820 Lullaby " Sleep" (Colin my little brother). Illustration of Le Natur in " Chansons et rounds enfantines" Garnier edition late 19th century

The sleeping beauty: Prince Charming discovers the sleeping girl, c.1910 (lithograph)
XEE4143314 The sleeping beauty: Prince Charming discovers the sleeping girl, c.1910 (lithograph) by Dulac, Edmund (1882-1953); Private Collection; (add.info)

Engraving by Montader illustrating the book " Cerisette" by Paul Largilliere, late 19th century
PCT4284273 Engraving by Montader illustrating the book " Cerisette" by Paul Largilliere, late 19th century. The young Marcel Jourault sold Cerisette with a fern leaf -; (add.info)

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"Embracing tranquility: From Alaskan otters to dormice, sleep knows no bounds" Witness the heartwarming sight of an Alaskan Northern Sea Otter mother tenderly cradling her young pup as they peacefully slumber together in the wilds of Alaska. Hazel Dormice find solace in their cozy nests during autumn in Kent, UK, where they curl up and surrender to a deep slumber amidst nature's vibrant colors. Delve into the intricate workings of our brains as we explore the medulla oblongata, a crucial region responsible for regulating sleep and other vital functions through captivating artwork. Step back in time with John Everett Millais' masterpiece "My Second Sermon, " depicting a child succumbing to exhaustion while listening intently to a sermon – reminding us that even the purest souls need rest. The Railway Sleeper transports us into dreamland on its rhythmic journey, inviting weary travelers to surrender themselves to blissful oblivion amidst the gentle sway of train carriages. Erika Rafael and Luan Peters captivate audiences with their portrayal of sleep-induced vulnerability in Peter Walker's Man of Violence (1970), showcasing how dreams can reveal hidden depths within ourselves. Dionysus and his Maenads invite you into their world where revelry intertwines with peaceful slumber, highlighting the balance between chaos and serenity found within our dreamscape. Harry Clarke's ethereal artwork Morella enchants viewers with its delicate depiction of a sleeping maiden surrounded by mystical creatures – an invitation into realms beyond consciousness. Journey through Central America's Costa Rica, where lush rainforests provide sanctuary for countless creatures seeking respite from their daily endeavors under nature's soothing embrace. Henry Fuseli's iconic painting "The Nightmare" delves into the realm of nocturnal terrors plaguing our subconscious, reminding us of the mysterious and often unsettling nature of sleep.