Sleepiness Collection

The Man in the Chair, 1875 (oil on canvas)
471148 The Man in the Chair, 1875 (oil on canvas) by Braekeleer, Henri de (1840-88); 79x63 cm; Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp

After the Performance, 1934-35 (oil on canvas)
823068 After the Performance, 1934-35 (oil on canvas) by Shinn, Everett (1876-1953); 45.7x30.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: After the Performance. Everett Shinn (1876-1953)

Indian Mother and Baby, (oil on canvas laid on masonite)
650693 Indian Mother and Baby, (oil on canvas laid on masonite) by Sharp, Joseph Henry (1859-1953); 61x51 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Indian Mother and Baby. Joseph Henry Sharp (1859-1953)

Woman Sleeping in a Landscape with a Letter, c. 1800 (oil on canvas)
XOS5883934 Woman Sleeping in a Landscape with a Letter, c. 1800 (oil on canvas) by Gaillot, Bernard (1780-1847); 36x44 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH

"Gosh! Aren't you sick and tired of all these silly jokes about the black-out?" (litho)
8630578 "Gosh! Aren't you sick and tired of all these silly jokes about the black-out?" (litho) by Pont (Graham Laidler) (1908-40); Private Collection; (add.info.: "Gosh)

Aristides and the Peasant (litho)
8660815 Aristides and the Peasant (litho) by Hillemacher, Ernest (Eugene-Ernest) (1818-87); Private Collection; (add.info.: Aristides and the Peasant)

Advertising card for Washburn, Crosby Co flour (chromolitho)
8677718 Advertising card for Washburn, Crosby Co flour (chromolitho) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Advertising card for Washburn, Crosby Co flour, Minneapolis)

The Longest Day (colour litho)
8674332 The Longest Day (colour litho) by Miles, Helen J.A. (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Longest Day)

An exhausted young shop worker
5616471 An exhausted young shop worker; (add.info.: Engraving depicting an exhausted young shop girl who has collapsed after an extremely long week at work. Dated 19th Century)

The bear sleeps in the blueberry heather, 1902 (painting)
8701492 The bear sleeps in the blueberry heather, 1902 (painting) by Kittelsen, Theodor Severin (1857-1914); 44x58 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Tired? I don't wonder (colour litho)
8656476 Tired? I don't wonder (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: "Tired? I don't wonder - keep better hours." Tired dog)

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

World's Children: Dutch, Tired (colour litho)
8625642 World's Children: Dutch, Tired (colour litho) by Menpes, Mortimer Ludington (1855-1938); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dutch, Tired)

Young man is the morning still tired, Historical engraving, 1888
UIG5414310 Young man is the morning still tired, Historical engraving, 1888; UIG.

Aw! You make me tired! (colour litho)
8656620 Aw! You make me tired! (colour litho) by Twelvetrees, Charles (1888-1948); Private Collection; (add.info.: "Aw! You make me tired!" Yawning baby)

The Lazy Woman, after J.B. Greuze, 1747. From Illustrierte Sittengeschichte vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart by Eduard
1000923 The Lazy Woman, after J.B. Greuze, 1747. From Illustrierte Sittengeschichte vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart by Eduard Fuchs, published 1909.; Private Collection.

Horsedrawn Bus, 1899 (pastel on paper)
985023 Horsedrawn Bus, 1899 (pastel on paper) by Shinn, Everett (1876-1953); 55.3x75.3 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Horsedrawn Bus. Everett Shinn (1876-1953). Pastel on paper. Painted in 1899

The Rough Riders, members of 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry, at The Battle of Las Guasimas, Cuba, June 24, 1898
UIG5419649 The Rough Riders, members of 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry, at The Battle of Las Guasimas, Cuba, June 24, 1898, the first land engagement of the Spanish-American War

Capron's battery in action at The Battle of Las Guasimas, Cuba, June 24, 1898
UIG5419648 Capron's battery in action at The Battle of Las Guasimas, Cuba, June 24, 1898, the first land engagement of the Spanish-American War. Captain Allyn K. Capron, 1871-1898

I reach Canterbury
930954 I reach Canterbury by Reynolds, Frank (1876-1953); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Personal History of David Copperfield published by Westminster Press circa 1920's).

Daylight saving (litho)
8656780 Daylight saving (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Daylight saving. After a four hours promenade)

Dottyville again (litho)
8662997 Dottyville again (litho) by May, Phil (1864-1903); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dottyville again. Illustration for Sketches from "Punch" by Phil May (Punch)

"You don't mean to say, Estelle, that you are tired of settlement work
8670269 "You don't mean to say, Estelle, that you are tired of settlement work?" "But, Auntie, dear, poor people are so monotonous" (litho) by Gibson

Weary (colour litho)
8671046 Weary (colour litho) by Menpes, Mortimer Ludington (1855-1938); Private Collection; (add.info.: Weary. Illustration for Brittany by Mortimer Menpes, with text by Dorothy Menpes (A&C Black)

Sea Adventure: The sea-serpent of HMS "Daedalus" (colour litho)
8668770 Sea Adventure: The sea-serpent of HMS "Daedalus" (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

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)

Tired Tottie (colour litho)
8650399 Tired Tottie (colour litho) by Pletsch, Oskar (1830-88); Private Collection; (add.info.: Tired Tottie. Illustration for Buttercups)

Charge of the Rough Riders at The Battle of San Juan Hill, near Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, July 1, 1898
UIG5419660 Charge of the Rough Riders at The Battle of San Juan Hill, near Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, July 1, 1898, aka the battle for the San Juan Heights, decisive battle of the Spanish-American War

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)

Still Sleepy (engraving)
8635867 Still Sleepy (engraving) by Woolnoth, Thomas A. (1785-1857); Private Collection; (add.info.: Still Sleepy. Illustration from The Juvenile Album, or Tales from Far and Near)

There was an Old Person of Dundalk, who tried to teach Fishes to walk (coloured engraving)
8634422 There was an Old Person of Dundalk, who tried to teach Fishes to walk (coloured engraving) by Lear, Edward (1812-88) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Cleaning the fountains of Paris in the morning (colour litho)
8673258 Cleaning the fountains of Paris in the morning (colour litho) by Jeanniot, Pierre Georges (1848-1934); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cleaning the fountains of Paris in the morning)

Great emigration to America, 1870
2604033 Great emigration to America, 1870; (add.info.: British emigrants on their way to America as steerage passengers. From "The Graphic", London, March 1870. Wood engraving).

The Tired Gleaner, 1880 (oil on fabric)
XOS5885351 The Tired Gleaner, 1880 (oil on fabric) by Breton, Jules (1827-1906); 94x63.8 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA; (add.info)

Boredom, c.1880-90 (pen & ink)
7441370 Boredom, c.1880-90 (pen & ink) by Du Maurier, George (1834-96); 13x22 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Artist: George du Maurier (1834-1896) Signed); Photo © Sarah Colegrave Fine Art

The Sleepy Town Express, c.1770-1959 (print)
3673329 The Sleepy Town Express, c.1770-1959 (print) by Leo Feist, Inc. (1897-1934); Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois, USA; (add.info)

italian migrants, 1896
7143704 italian migrants, 1896 by Meyer, Henri (1841-99); Private Collection; (add.info.: History. France. Italian migrants in the waiting room of the Saint Lazare railway station)

Christian Krohg, ca 1920 (painting)
7432274 Christian Krohg, ca 1920 (painting) by Krohg, Oda (1860-1935); Private Collection; (add.info.: Oda Krohg (1860-1935)); Photo © O. Vaering

Returning from the fields (w/c & bodycolour on paper)
NGW388596 Returning from the fields (w/c & bodycolour on paper) by Israels, Jozef (Josef) (1824-1911); 21.5x34 cm; National Museum Wales; National Museums & Galleries of Wales

The Merry-Go-Round at Saint-Cloud (litho)
XIR211725 The Merry-Go-Round at Saint-Cloud (litho) by Desandre, Jules Marie (b.c.1845) (after); Musee de la Ville de Paris, Musee Carnavalet, Paris, France

Sick woman in a bed, maybe Saskia, wife of the painter, 1640 (pen, brush & gouache)
7414366 Sick woman in a bed, maybe Saskia, wife of the painter, 1640 (pen, brush & gouache) by Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (1606-69); 16.5x14.5 cm; Musee de la Ville de Paris, Musee du Petit-Palais

Don Quixote and Sancho Panza, c. 1864-65 (oil on canvas)
3956655 Don Quixote and Sancho Panza, c.1864-65 (oil on canvas) by Daumier, Honore (1808-79); 32.4x24.1 cm; Burrell Collection, Glasgow, Scotland; © CSG CIC Glasgow Museums Collection

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Angelus (pastel on paper)
954575 Angelus (pastel on paper) by Millet, Jean-Francois (1814-75); Art Gallery and Museum, Kelvingrove, Glasgow, Scotland; © CSG CIC Glasgow Museums Collection

Mamma Mia Poveretta, 1901-06 (oil on canvas)
6259441 Mamma Mia Poveretta, 1901-06 (oil on canvas) by Sickert, Walter Richard (1860-1942); 46x38.2 cm; Manchester Art Gallery, UK; © Manchester Art Gallery ; Manchester Art Gallery

His Only Friend (oil on canvas)
MAN443309 His Only Friend (oil on canvas) by Riviere, Briton (1840-1920); Manchester Art Gallery, UK; © Manchester Art Gallery

Ruth Herbert asleep, 1858 (graphite on paper)
7394144 Ruth Herbert asleep, 1858 (graphite on paper) by Rossetti, Dante Gabriel Charles (1828-82); 21x26.4 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

Old man in a fur cap, looking down, 1635 (Etching)
7393415 Old man in a fur cap, looking down, 1635 (Etching) by Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (1606-69); 11, 5 x 10, 6 cm; Fondation Glenat, Grenoble, France; © Fonds Glenat

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"Capturing the Essence of Sleepiness: A Journey through Art" In "The Man in the Chair, 1875, " we witness a weary figure slumped in an armchair, his eyes heavy with exhaustion. The artist's brushstrokes expertly convey the weight that engulfs him. "Sick woman in a bed, maybe Saskia, wife of the painter, 1640, " portrays a vulnerable soul confined to her sickbed. Her eyelids droop as weariness overtakes her weakened body, painting a poignant picture amidst illness. "Don Quixote and Sancho Panza, c. 1864-65, " depicts two iconic characters caught in a momentary respite from their adventures. Their drowsy expressions reveal the toll that their escapades have taken on them – even heroes succumb to sleepiness. With "Angelus (pastel on paper), " we are transported to a tranquil scene where fatigue mingles with devotion. As two figures bow their heads in prayer during twilight hours, their sleepy countenances reflect both physical and spiritual weariness. "Mamma Mia Poveretta, 1901-06, " captures motherhood's exhausting realities as depicted by an oil canvas masterpiece. The worn-out mother cradles her child while battling against overwhelming sleepiness—a universal experience for parents everywhere. Through "His Only Friend (oil on canvas), " we glimpse an isolated figure seeking solace within dreams' embrace. Sleep becomes not only an escape but also a companion for those who find themselves alone and yearning for connection. In "Ruth Herbert asleep, 1858, " graphite strokes depict slumber claiming its subject effortlessly. Ruth's peaceful repose reveals vulnerability and surrender to the irresistible pull of sleepiness—an intimate portrayal frozen in time. An etching titled "Old man in a fur cap looking down" transports us back centuries ago when age brought weariness.