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Background imageSleep Collection: Orpheus and His Lute, late 19th-early 20th century, (1914). Creator: John Charles Dollman

Orpheus and His Lute, late 19th-early 20th century, (1914). Creator: John Charles Dollman
Orpheus and His Lute, late 19th-early 20th century, (1914). Depiction of the ancient Greek legend of Orpheus, (who played a lyre, not a lute)

Background imageSleep Collection: My Second Sermon, 1864, (1947). Creator: John Everett Millais

My Second Sermon, 1864, (1947). Creator: John Everett Millais
My Second Sermon, 1864, (1947). The Artists Daughter in Winchelsea Church : portrait of Millais daughter Effie, aged about five, having fallen asleep during the service

Background imageSleep Collection: Night and Her Daughter Sleep, 1902. Creator: Mary L. Macomber

Night and Her Daughter Sleep, 1902. Creator: Mary L. Macomber
Night and Her Daughter Sleep, 1902

Background imageSleep Collection: Morella, c1920. Artist: Harry Clarke

Morella, c1920. Artist: Harry Clarke
Morella, c1920. An illustration for Tales of Mystery & Imagination by Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849). From The Studio Volume 78, [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1919-20]

Background imageSleep Collection: Dionysus and the Maenads, 1901

Dionysus and the Maenads, 1901. A print from The Magazine of Art, Cassell and Company, Limited, 1901

Background imageSleep Collection: Le Sommeil, 1866. Artist: Gustave Courbet

Le Sommeil, 1866. Artist: Gustave Courbet
Le Sommeil, 1866. From the collection of the Musee de la Ville de Paris, Musee du Petit-Palais, France

Background imageSleep Collection: Surreal study, 1952. Creator: Shirley Markham

Surreal study, 1952. Creator: Shirley Markham
Surreal study, 1952. Illustration for a poem by TS Eliot. Shirley Markham (1931-1999) studied Graphic Design and Illustration at Central School of Art in London from 1950-1952

Background imageSleep Collection: Interior of the Temple at Esna, Upper Egypt, 1838. Artist: David Roberts

Interior of the Temple at Esna, Upper Egypt, 1838. Artist: David Roberts
Interior of the Temple at Esna, Upper Egypt, 1838. A plate from Egypt and Nubia, engraved by Louis Haghe. Found in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Background imageSleep Collection: The Sleepers (Le Sommeil). Artist: Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877)

The Sleepers (Le Sommeil). Artist: Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877)
The Sleepers (Le Sommeil). Found in the collection of Petit Palais, Musee des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris

Background imageSleep Collection: St Jerome in his Study, 1514 (1906). Artist: Albrecht Durer

St Jerome in his Study, 1514 (1906). Artist: Albrecht Durer
St Jerome in his Study, 1514 (1906). From Durer Des Meisters Gemalde Kupferstiche und Holzschnitte in 471 Abbildungen [Stuttgart und Leipzig, Deutsch Verlags-Ansalt, 1906]

Background imageSleep Collection: The Dream of St Ursula, 1495, (1911)

The Dream of St Ursula, 1495, (1911)
The Dream of St Ursula, 1495. after a tempera on canvas by Vittore Carpaccio (c1465-c1525). Original housed in the Gallerie dell Accademia, Venice. From A History of Painting Vol

Background imageSleep Collection: Those who went to shelters began a new kind of night-life, 11th November, 1940, 1942

Those who went to shelters began a new kind of night-life, 11th November, 1940, 1942. London residents taking shelter in Elephant and Castle tube station during the World War II

Background imageSleep Collection: Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Table-Talking, 1904. Artist: Max Beerbohm

Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Table-Talking, 1904. Artist: Max Beerbohm
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Table-Talking, 1904. Illustration from The Poets Corner, by Max Beerbohm, (London, 1904)

Background imageSleep Collection: The Dream, 1888, (1912). Artist: Jean Baptiste Edouard Detaille

The Dream, 1888, (1912). Artist: Jean Baptiste Edouard Detaille
The Dream, 1888, (1912). A colour print from Famous Paintings, with an introduction by Gilbert Chesterton, Cassell and Company, (London, New York, Toronto, 1912)

Background imageSleep Collection: Miseries of London, 1812

Miseries of London, 1812. A woman walking down Wapping Old Stairs being assailed by a group of watermen plying for trade. Two figures watch from a balcony

Background imageSleep Collection: Woman and Child (Silence), 1855 / 60. Creator: Jean Francois Millet

Woman and Child (Silence), 1855 / 60. Creator: Jean Francois Millet
Woman and Child (Silence), 1855/60

Background imageSleep Collection: The Morning of Sedgemoor, 1685, 1905, (1944). Creator: Edgar Bundy

The Morning of Sedgemoor, 1685, 1905, (1944). Creator: Edgar Bundy
The Morning of Sedgemoor, 1685, 1905, (1944). Soldiers sleeping in piles of hay in a barn. The Battle of Sedgmoor took place on 6 July 1685 at Westonzoyland near Bridgwater in Somerset

Background imageSleep Collection: Night and Sleep, 1878

Night and Sleep, 1878. Private Collection

Background imageSleep Collection: The War in Schleswig: Austrian outpost near Lottorf - from a sketch by our special artist, 1864

The War in Schleswig: Austrian outpost near Lottorf - from a sketch by our special artist, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The War in Schleswig: Austrian outpost near Lottorf - from a sketch by our special artist, 1864. 'In the Engraving on our front page we see the interior of a public-house at Lottorf occupied by a

Background imageSleep Collection: 'The Light of Other Days' - from a painting by J. T. Lucas, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson

"The Light of Other Days" - from a painting by J. T. Lucas, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
"The Light of Other Days" - from a painting by J. T. Lucas, 1864. 'Old Watchman, thou who watchest not, We smile on thy non-vigil now: Sleep on, nor dream, thou slumbrous sot

Background imageSleep Collection: A quiet moment in German trenches, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

A quiet moment in German trenches, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
A quiet moment in German trenches, between 1914 and c1915. German soldiers smoking and reading in a trench in Flanders, Belgium, during World War I.

Background imageSleep Collection: Maschere, 1922. Creator: Malerba, Gian Emilio (1880-1926)

Maschere, 1922. Creator: Malerba, Gian Emilio (1880-1926)
Maschere, 1922. Found in the Collection of the Galleria nazionale d'arte moderna, Rom.

Background imageSleep Collection: Iris in the realm of hypnosis, c.1670. Creator: Carpioni, Giulio (1613-1678)

Iris in the realm of hypnosis, c.1670. Creator: Carpioni, Giulio (1613-1678)
Iris in the realm of hypnosis, c.1670. Found in the Collection of the Galerie Canesso.

Background imageSleep Collection: Studies on Lindozero (laika [dog breed]), 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky

Studies on Lindozero (laika [dog breed]), 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Studies on Lindozero (laika [dog breed]), 1915.

Background imageSleep Collection: 'Boy Asleep', sculpture, by Alexander Munro, in the Royal Academy Exhibition, 1864. Creator: Unknown

"Boy Asleep", sculpture, by Alexander Munro, in the Royal Academy Exhibition, 1864. Creator: Unknown
"Boy Asleep", sculpture, by Alexander Munro, in the Royal Academy Exhibition, 1864. 'This most charming, but at the same time most difficult

Background imageSleep Collection: A stampede of jackals through the environs of Calcutta, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson

A stampede of jackals through the environs of Calcutta, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
A stampede of jackals through the environs of Calcutta, 1864. 'A walk through Calcutta about midnight reveals to the European stranger many curious sights

Background imageSleep Collection: Poor in North France sleeping in church, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Poor in North France sleeping in church, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Poor in North France sleeping in church, between 1914 and c1915. Poor people with a soldier, sleeping in a church in France, during World War I.

Background imageSleep Collection: Eskimo mother and child , c1905, printed (1923?). Creator: Lomen Brothers

Eskimo mother and child , c1905, printed (1923?). Creator: Lomen Brothers
Eskimo mother and child , c1905, printed (1923?).

Background imageSleep Collection: Eskimo mother carrying a child on her back, 1916(?). Creator: Unknown

Eskimo mother carrying a child on her back, 1916(?). Creator: Unknown
Eskimo mother carrying a child on her back, 1916(?).

Background imageSleep Collection: Ostyatsky village Olenyi yurts, 1928. Creator: Dmitrii Innokent'evich Karatanov

Ostyatsky village Olenyi yurts, 1928. Creator: Dmitrii Innokent'evich Karatanov
Ostyatsky village Olenyi yurts, 1928. V. I. Surikov Museum of Art in Krasnoiarsk

Background imageSleep Collection: St Julianus Murdering his Parents. Creator: Spinello Aretino

St Julianus Murdering his Parents. Creator: Spinello Aretino
St Julianus Murdering his Parents, Unknown date. In a schematic bedroom, drawn in perspective with open walls, St Julian is stabbing his parents to death as they sleep

Background imageSleep Collection: Petri's vision in Caesarea. Creator: Samuel van Hoogstraten

Petri's vision in Caesarea. Creator: Samuel van Hoogstraten
Petri's vision in Caesarea

Background imageSleep Collection: Sleeping lion. Creator: Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn

Sleeping lion. Creator: Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn
Sleeping lion

Background imageSleep Collection: Sleeping woman at an open window, c.1655. Creator: Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn

Sleeping woman at an open window, c.1655. Creator: Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn
Sleeping woman at an open window, c.1655

Background imageSleep Collection: Sleeping young woman. Creator: Karel Du Jardin

Sleeping young woman. Creator: Karel Du Jardin
Sleeping young woman

Background imageSleep Collection: The Dream of Joseph, 17th century. Creator: Giovanni Battista Pace

The Dream of Joseph, 17th century. Creator: Giovanni Battista Pace
The Dream of Joseph, 17th century

Background imageSleep Collection: Paris in the Spring, 1892. Creator: Gerda Roosval-Kallstenius

Paris in the Spring, 1892. Creator: Gerda Roosval-Kallstenius
Paris in the Spring, 1892

Background imageSleep Collection: U.S.S. New York, 'taking a nap', (1899?). Creator: Unknown. U.S.S

U.S.S. New York, "taking a nap", (1899?). Creator: Unknown. U.S.S
U.S.S. New York, "taking a nap", (1899?)

Background imageSleep Collection: Physionomies de spectateurs de la Porte St-Martin... 1852. Creator: Honore Daumier

Physionomies de spectateurs de la Porte St-Martin... 1852. Creator: Honore Daumier
Physionomies de spectateurs de la Porte St-Martin... 1852. Physionomies de spectateurs de la Porte-St.-Martin pendant une represantation de Richard III

Background imageSleep Collection: Hop-pickers Resting - drawn by Phiz, 1858. Creator: Hablot Knight Browne

Hop-pickers Resting - drawn by Phiz, 1858. Creator: Hablot Knight Browne
Hop-pickers Resting - drawn by Phiz, 1858. Seasonal farm workers. Here meet together the respectable poor and the disreputable poor, the honest labourer and the thief (doing honest work now)

Background imageSleep Collection: Little Christmas Eve Club, 1933. Creator: Nils Dardel

Little Christmas Eve Club, 1933. Creator: Nils Dardel
Little Christmas Eve Club, 1933

Background imageSleep Collection: Madonna and Child with St Andrew and St Lawrence. Creator: Niccolò Rondinelli

Madonna and Child with St Andrew and St Lawrence. Creator: Niccolò Rondinelli
Madonna and Child with St Andrew and St Lawrence, Unknown date

Background imageSleep Collection: Sketches in Philadelphia, by our special artists, 1876. Creator: Unknown

Sketches in Philadelphia, by our special artists, 1876. Creator: Unknown
Sketches in Philadelphia, by our special artists, 1876. The Office of the Servants in a large Hotel - Artistic Admiration for an Artist; Old Beggar Woman; "The best Dinner in the City for 25

Background imageSleep Collection: Nativity, mid-17th-early 18th century. Creator: Manner of Carlo Maratta  (1625-1713)   

Nativity, mid-17th-early 18th century. Creator: Manner of Carlo Maratta  (1625-1713)   
Nativity, mid-17th-early 18th century

Background imageSleep Collection: A Journey into the Herzegovina: Sleeping under Difficulties...1876. Creator: Unknown

A Journey into the Herzegovina: Sleeping under Difficulties...1876. Creator: Unknown
A Journey into the Herzegovina: Sleeping under Difficulties, from a sketch by our special artist, 1876. The Sketches of our Special Artists

Background imageSleep Collection: Gustav Vasa finds his wife Katarina Stenbock asleep and hears her say: 'I love King... 1868

Gustav Vasa finds his wife Katarina Stenbock asleep and hears her say: "I love King... 1868
Gustav Vasa finds his wife Katarina Stenbock asleep and hears her say: "I love King Gosta very much, but I will never forget Rosen", 1868

Background imageSleep Collection: Motif from Vichy. Creator: Hjalmar Sandberg

Motif from Vichy. Creator: Hjalmar Sandberg
Motif from Vichy, Unknown date. Additional Info: Sandberg's street scene from the little town of Vichy shows an ordinary day as a cart is loaded with vegetables to go to market

Background imageSleep Collection: Jacob's Dream, 1557-1558. Creator: Giorgio Vasari

Jacob's Dream, 1557-1558. Creator: Giorgio Vasari
Jacob's Dream, 1557-1558. As recounted in the Old Testament book of Genesis, on his way to Haran, Jacob lay down in the wilderness to sleep, resting his head on a stone



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