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Concept

Yawning

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  • A hospital ward for insomniacs. Pen drawing by G.E. Studdy, 1910.
  • Boer War: soldiers in camp at Bloemfontein being provided with tea as they awake. Halftone, c. 1900, after R. Cleaver after C. Ross.
  • Men around a table yawning. Etching by T.L. Busby, ca. 1826.
  • Three people sitting yawning around a table. Etching.
  • A French hospital for wounded soldiers, World War I: at 5.30 am, breakfast is brought to a sleepy ward and the mail is delivered to an eager patient. Colour lithograph after L. Ibels, 1916.
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    A hospital ward for insomniacs. Pen drawing by G.E. Studdy, 1910.

    Studdy, G. E. (George Ernest), 1878-1948. | Date: 1910 | Reference: 15729i
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    L'éternuement et le bâillement : dans la magie, l'ethnographie et le folklore médical / P. Saintyves.

    Saintyves, P., 1870-1935. | Date: 1921
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    A man in nightclothes yawning from reading a volume of 'Sleepy sermons'. Mezzotint, ca. 1771.

    | Date: [1771?] | Reference: 2168634i
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    Men around a table yawning. Etching by T.L. Busby, ca. 1826.

    Busby, Thomas Lord. | Date: [1826?] | Reference: 726149i
    Part of: Busby's humorous etchings.
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    A French hospital for wounded soldiers, World War I: at 5.30 am, breakfast is brought to a sleepy ward and the mail is delivered to an eager patient. Colour lithograph after L. Ibels, 1916.

    Ibels, Louise Catherine, 1891-1965. | Date: 1916 | Reference: 24100i
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