Saint John the Baptist as an infant, sleeping, with a cross in his hand. Engraving by C. Heath after W.M. Craig after A. Carracci (?), 1815.

Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) and Saint Joseph with the Christ Child and Saint John the Baptist. Engraving by C. Pye, 1825, after M. Venusti after Michelangelo.

Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) and Saint Joseph with the Christ Child and Saint John the Baptist. Engraving by P.G.A. Beljambe after Beaudoin after Michelangelo.

Funerary monument to Alice, the daughter of Francis Taylor: her effigy, sleeping. Lithograph by H. Tiffin after F. Taylor, ca. 1845.

Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) with the sleeping Christ Child. Line engraving by R. Strange after G. Reni.

Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) and Saint Joseph with the Christ Child and a saint. Gouache painting.

Queen Charlotte holding the baby Princess Charlotte. Process print after F. Cotes.

Saint John the Baptist: he reclines sleeping outdoors. Etching.

The sleeping infant Christ is surrounded by the instruments of the Passion and symbols of death; representing the forthcoming Passion. Engraving after G. Reni.

A herder resting with his flock of goats near a river. Etching and aquatint by J. B. Leprince, 1769.

A boy lies in bed abou to fall asleep with an army of toy soldiers on the counterpane. Colour process print after Jessie Wilcox-Smith.

A little boy wakes up a sleeping man with noisy banging of a drum; the boy sleeps and the man swats flies away from him with a fan. Colour process print, 1909.

1 print : engraving, with etching ; image 8.2 x 6.2 cm

1 print : lithograph ; image, border and lettering 17 x 18 cm

A boy ("Henri Grenier"?) sleeping, interpreted as the boy Henri duc de Bordeaux, comte de Chambord. Lithograph by C. Motte after A. Devéria.

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Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) and Saint Joseph with the Christ Child and a saint. Gouache painting.

Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) and Saint Joseph with the Christ Child and Saint John the Baptist. Engraving by C. Pye, 1825, after M. Venusti after Michelangelo.

Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) and Saint Joseph with the Christ Child and Saint John the Baptist. Engraving by P.G.A. Beljambe after Beaudoin after Michelangelo.

Saint John the Baptist as an infant, sleeping, with a cross in his hand. Engraving by C. Heath after W.M. Craig after A. Carracci (?), 1815.

A boy ("Henri Grenier"?) sleeping, interpreted as the boy Henri duc de Bordeaux, comte de Chambord. Lithograph by C. Motte after A. Devéria.