Wakes Collection

Sleeping B / Lefler / Urban
The Prince wakes Sleeping Beauty from her sleep with a kiss

Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) diving near ice flow, Antarctica. Small reproduction only

Queue for buses in Burnley, probably Wakes Week, possibly 1930s

Graham wakes after sleeping for two centuries, Date: First published 1899

Sketches of Selborne (engraving)
1627246 Sketches of Selborne (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sketches of Selborne. Illustration for The Illustrated London News, 8 July 1893)

Selborne, the Home of Gilbert White (litho)
1627232 Selborne, the Home of Gilbert White (litho) by Holland Tringham, Joseph (1861-1908); Private Collection; (add.info.: Selborne, the Home of Gilbert White)

The origin of Hunting the Wren - The Bird awakens the sleeping Danes. 1850

Dr Syntax in Ceylon (engraving)
1047300 Dr Syntax in Ceylon (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dr Syntax in Ceylon)

WOMAN WAKING 1940S
Young woman, in a nightdress with gathered bodice & broad straps, stretches as she wakes up. A quilted dressing gown hangs up near her bed. N.B Satin quilt or eiderdown. Date: 1940s

SLEEPING ON MOTHERS LAP
Mother sits up until her baby goes back to sleep after it wakes up in the night Date: 1852

Eros & Psyche - 7
Eros/Cupid wakes Psyche

Suffragette Ghost Horrible Nightmare. Man wakes up to find a ghost in shroud, holding a gun to his head, and brandishing a VFW placard. Caption reads, A Horrible Nightmare Date: circa 1907

Exit tango: satire on the end of a dance craze, 1914
Satirical comment from Punch Magazine on the end of the tango craze. A couple dance off, while a some what more conservatively dressed spirit of dancing gladly wakes up from the "

Sleepy owl wakes up and the mice run away. Date: circa 1933

Master Quack the duckling meets two owls
An Afternoon Call -- Master Quack the duckling wakes up two owls, who find him rude and attack him. Date: 1912

Drag and thrust wakes behind conventional and laminarised aircraft

Clouds disrupted by islands, true-colour satellite image. North is at top. The islands (brown) of the Canary Islands (lower right) and Madeira (upper centre) are disrupting clouds (white)

Morning Noon Night
The fashionable lady wakes in her nightdress and bonnet - dresses up to visit the shops at noon - then dons a ball dress for the nights festivities

Fortune and the Child
FORTUNE & THE CHILD or Traveller: A boy sleeps on the brink of a deep well; Fortune wakes him, not wanting the blame for the boys folly if he should fall

Fortune & the Schoolboy
FORTUNE & THE SCHOOLBOY or Child or Traveller: A boy sleeps on the brink of a deep well; Fortune wakes him, not wanting the blame for the boys folly if he should fall

All the Dolls Began to Dance
A little girl wakes up to find her dolls dancing about to a grasshoppers fiddle. Wonder what she had for her tea?

Alcyone and Ceyx
Ceyx, king of Trachis, drowns at sea but returns and wakes Somnus sleeping in his cave surrounded by dreams : Ceyx and his mourning wife Alcyone are changed into kingfishers

Snow White Wakes Up
As soon as morning dawned, Snow White awoke, and was quite frightened when she saw the seven little men

Female in Bed 1911
A young woman wakes, but doesn t seem to be in much of a hurry to get up

Brother Wakes Brother
One brother awakens another

Girl Wakened by Kitten
A little girl wakes up to find her kitten looking at her

Twain / Prince & Pauper
Tom wakes in the palace: " The richly clad first lord of the bedchamber was kneeling by his couch."

Sleeper Awakes (Paul)
Graham wakes after sleeping for two hundred years

Sleeping Beauty Wedding
The spell is broken, everyone in the palace wakes up, and the prince and princess marry

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"Wakes: A Journey Through Time and Dreams" In the depths of slumber, Sleeping B and Lefler find themselves transported to an urban landscape. As they awaken, their eyes meet the enchanting sight of an Adelie penguin gracefully diving near an ice flow in Antarctica. The small reproduction captures a moment frozen in time. Meanwhile, in Burnley during Wakes Week, a bustling queue forms as eager travelers wait for buses to whisk them away on adventures unknown, and is a scene reminiscent of days gone by when this tradition was at its peak. Graham emerges from his deep sleep after two centuries have passed since his last waking moment. First published in 1899, his story unfolds with intrigue and wonder as he navigates through a world that has drastically changed. The Great Plague of London casts its dark shadow over history, reminding us of the fragility of life and the resilience of humanity. Suffragette Ghost Horrible Nightmare haunts our dreams, symbolizing the struggles faced by women fighting for their rights. As one dance craze fades into oblivion with Exit Tango's satire on its demise in 1914, new dances emerge to captivate our souls. Sketches of Selborne etch themselves into our minds like engravings while Gilbert White's litho transports us to Selborne - his beloved home filled with natural wonders. Curiosity leads us down unexpected paths as we uncover The Origin of Hunting the Wren - a tale shrouded in mystery and folklore. And amidst it all, Dr Syntax finds himself engraved within Ceylon's landscapes - an explorer lost yet found within intricate lines and can not just moments between sleep and wakefulness; they are portals connecting past and present, reality and imagination. They invite us to explore diverse realms where penguins dive alongside buses queuing up during Wakes Week or suffragettes haunt our nightmares while satirical dances come to an end. So, let us embrace these wakes.