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Sleep-wake cycle

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Images about Sleep

147 images from works
  • David steals a spear and jug from Saul, who lies deep in a sleep imposed by God. Engraving.
  • Delilah caresses the sleeping Samson as she sets her barber to work. Engraving by J.B. de Poilly after F. Verdier, 1698.
  • Two Malay men and a woman sit and recline on the floor smoking opium. Wood-engraving, late 19th century.
  • The transfiguration of Christ; Moses and Elijah appear alongside him. Etching by M. Küssell after J.W. Baur.
  • Plain speaking about HIV and AIDS and how it affects women, written for women by the experts - women. 2, Positive result? / Positively Women.
  • Headache cured : Dr. Mettaur's headache pills : a certain relief / Brown Chemical Company.
  • Florence Nightingale. Coloured mezzotint by C.A.Tomkins, 1855, after J. Butterworth.
  • Two peasants in a dingy ale-house; one sleeps on a bench and the other urinates in a bucket. Engraving by J. Groensveld after A. Brouwer.
  • A sleeping pedlar's posterior is examined by monkeys, who play with his goods. Line engraving after P. van Harlingen after P. Bruegel, c. 1610.
  • Plain speaking about HIV and AIDS and how it affects women, written for women by the experts - women. 2, Positive result? / Positively Women.
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Works from the collections

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    The secret life of your body clock.

    | Date: 2009
    • Books

    Night : an exploration of night life, night language, sleep and dreams / A. Alvarez.

    Alvarez, A. (Alfred), 1929-2019. | Date: [1995], ©1995
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    The Dormition of the Virgin Mary, surrounded by the apostles. Engraving by B. Eredi after C. Maratta.

    Maratti, Carlo, 1625-1713. | Reference: 21253i
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    God creating Eve from Adam and blessing her. Collotype after W. Blake.

    Blake, William, 1757-1827. | Reference: 17280i
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    The philosophy of sleep / by Robert Macnish, LL.D., author of "The anatomy of drunkenness," and member of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow.

    Macnish, Robert, 1802-1837 | Date: 1845
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Related topics

Dreams
Sleep Wake Disorders
Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders
Sleep disorders
Christianity
Dreams
Angels
Women in Christianity
Apostles
Hypnotics and Sedatives

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