Fleeing Collection (page 4)

Dang it pincher hold un fast!, 19th century. Encouraged by a farmer, a dog chases a hunter or poacher up a tree

Cartoon showing hunters or poachers, 19th century. You wont leave me to be robid and murdered. Not if you make haste, but I m sure that fellows a footpad

The burning of Norfolk, Virginia, 1776 (c1880). The town of Norfolk was destroyed by fires after an eight hour bombardment by British warships on New Years Day 1776

Escape of Benedict Arnold, 1780 (c1880). Arnold (1741-1801) fought for the American Continental Army from the outbreak of the War of Independence in 1775, becoming one of its most effective generals

A Teuton maiden pursued by Romans, c1880-1882. Artist: Karl Theodor von Piloty
A Teuton maiden pursued by Romans, c1880-1882. A print from Modern Artists, prepared under the direction of FG Dumas, JS Virtue and Co, London, c1880-1882

A slave hunt, USA, mid 19th century (c1880). An escaped negro slave being pursued by men on horseback with dogs. A print from Cassells History of the United States, by Edmund Ollier, Volume III

The fracas at the Ship Tavern, 17th century (c1880). Artist: Whymper
The fracas at the Ship Tavern, 17th century (c1880). A print from Cassells History of the United States, by Edmund Ollier, Volume I, Cassell Petter and Galpin, London, c1880

Colonel Atherton and the Indians, (c1880). Artist: Whymper
Colonel Atherton and the Indians, (c1880). A print from Cassells History of the United States, by Edmund Ollier, Volume I, Cassell Petter and Galpin, London, c1880

Flight of Native Americans after a massacre of settlers, c17th century (c1880). A print from Cassells History of the United States, by Edmund Ollier, Volume I, Cassell Petter and Galpin, London, c1880

Flight of Thomas Hutchinson before the rioters, Boston, Massachusetts, 1765 (c1880). The Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts

Queen Janes flight from the Tower, 1553 (1840). Artist: George Cruikshank
Queen Janes flight from the Tower, 1553 (1840). A grandniece of Henry VIII, Lady Jane Grey was proclaimed queen on Edward VIs death in 1553 in an attempt to secure a Protestant succession

The Battle of the Spurs, 1513. The headlong flight of French chivalry. Fought at Guinegate in Belgium, the battle earned its name form the haste with which the French cavalry fled the field after

The Empress of the French embarking in the Gazelle, 1870 (late 19th century). The Empress Eugenie at Trouville stepping aboard the yacht of Sir John Burgoyne that would take her into exile in England

Belgian artillery avoiding German Taube planes, First World War, 1914. Illustration from The Great War HW Wilson, Vol I, (London, 1914)

Expelling the civil residents of Louvain, Brussels, 1914. German soldiers driving out Belgian civilians during the First World War. Illustration from The Great War HW Wilson, Vol I, (London, 1914)

The coup d etat, lancers charging the crowd in the boulevards of Paris, 19th century. Illustration from The Life & Times of Queen Victoria, Vol II, by Robert Wilson

The first meeting of Prince Charles and Flora Macdonald on the island of South Uist, 1925. From Highroads of History, book II: Stories from British History

The Flight from Lucknow, 1858, (c1920). Artist: Abraham Solomon
The Flight from Lucknow, 1858, (c1920). The siege of Lucknow was one of the major engagements of the uprising against British rule in India which began in 1857

Queen Henrietta (1609-1669) sheltered by a bank from the parliamentarians, 19th century. Artist: J Rogers
Queen Henrietta (1609-1669) sheltered by a bank from the parliamentarians, 19th century. Below this is a representation of King Charles I (1600-1649) escaping from Oxford

The Rest during the Flight to Egypt, 1506 (1906). Artist: Albrecht Durer
The Rest during the Flight to Egypt, 1506 (1906). A scene from the Life of the Virgin. From Durer Des Meisters Gemalde Kupferstiche und Holzschnitte in 471 Abbildungen [Stuttgart und Leipzig

King Johns passage of the Wash. Artist: Nicholson
King Johns passage of the Wash. King John (1167-1216) reigned as King of England from 6 April 1199 until his death in 1216

A Cat and a Chaffinch, 1885 (1945). Artist: Bruno Liljefors
A Cat and a Chaffinch, 1885 (1945). A print from Konstnarsforbundets Historia I by Sixten Strombom, Stockholm, 1945

Flight of black Union soldiers from Fort Pillow, Tennessee, American Civil War, 1864 (c1880). The Confederates captured the Union-held Fort Pillow on 12th April 1864

The Peril of the Queen Henrietta Maria, 19th century. Artist: P Lightfoot
The Peril of the Queen Henrietta Maria, 19th century. Henrietta Maria (1609-1669) was the Queen Consort of King Charles I of England

Napoleon Bonaparte at the end of the battle of Waterloo, 18th June 1815. Napoleon (1769-1821) French soldier and emperor, fleeing from the battlefield of Waterloo after his defeat by the British

L Eau de Vie, c1900-190 (1924). Artist: Marcel Roux
L Eau de Vie, c1900-190 (1924). A History of French Etching from the 16th Century to the Present Day, by F L Leipnik, John Lane the Bodley Head Limited, London, 1924

Eighteenth Regiment of Foot, The Battle of Blenheim, 13th August 1704. Artist: Madeley
Eighteenth Regiment of Foot, The Battle of Blenheim, 13th August 1704. The Battle of Blenheim (referred to in some countries as the Battle of Hochstadt)

Struggle on a bridge during the retreat from Manassas, Virginia, (1862-1867). Artist: Felix Octavius Carr Darley
Struggle on a bridge during the retreat from Manassas, Virginia, (1862-1867). Also known as the Battles of Bull Run, the First and Second Battles of Manassas were fought in July 1861

Flight Of The Empress Maude, 12th century, (c1850). In 1142, Maude (or Matilda), was trapped in Oxford Castle but escaped over the ice of the frozen River Thames

A Chlorine Gas Attack, Second Battle of Ypres, Belgium, 1915, (1926). Artist: Lucien Jonas
A Chlorine Gas Attack, Second Battle of Ypres, Belgium, 1915, (1926). On 22 April 1915 the Germans released 168 tons of chlorine gas over a four mile front, in the first gas attack of the war

The plague: flight to the country, 1630, (1910). A 19th-century depicition of the transition stage of costume: the doublet reaching to mid-thigh, sometimes flared from the hips down

Street fighting in Petrograd, Russia, 17th July 1917. An outbreak of violence in the city in the period between the February and October Revolutions

Dog Chasing a Rat, 19th or early 20th century. Artist: Briton Riviere
Dog Chasing a Rat, 19th or early 20th century. Found in the collection of the State M Ciurlionis Art Museum, Kaunas, Lithuania

The wife of colonel Jankoff saving the regimental flags, bombardment of Vladivostok, 1904. The Russian port city of Vladivostok was shelled by Japanese warships during the Russo-Japanese War of

The 13th Dalai Lama fleeing the British invasion of Tibet, 1904. The British invaded Tibet and occupied Lhasa after a series of disputes over the border between Sikkim and Tibet

Excesses of British soldiers in a railway station, 1902. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 19th October 1902

Fire at the Bazar de la Charite, Paris, 4th May 1897. Artist: F Meaulle
Fire at the Bazar de la Charite, Paris, 4th May 1897. The fire was caused by film equipment with a lamp powered by oxygen exploding. 115 people, most of them women, were killed in the disaster

Defeat for the British in Africa, 1894. Artist: Frederic Lix
Defeat for the British in Africa, 1894. Fighting between Africans and British sailors. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 12th March 1894

The incident at the menagerie, Montceau-les-Mines, France, 1891. Artist: Henri Meyer
The incident at the menagerie, Montceau-les-Mines, France, 1891. A print from a supplement to Le Petit Journal, 19th September 1891

The Fire in the Borgo (detail), 1514. Artist: Raphael
The Fire in the Borgo (detail), 1514. This fresco in the Vatican depicts a fire which broke out in the Borgo in Rome in 847. The blaze is said to have been contained by the benediction of Pope Leo IV

The Deluge, 1733. Artist: Bernard Picart
The Deluge, 1733. A plate from Le Temple des Muses, Amsterdam, 1733. Found in the collection of Jean Claude Carriere

Arethusa pursued by Alpheus and turned into a fountain, 1733. Artist: Bernard Picart
Arethusa pursued by Alpheus and turned into a fountain, 1733. A plate from Le Temple des Muses, Amsterdam, 1733. Found in the collection of Jean Claude Carriere

Refugees leaving a Normandy town, France, World War II, 1940-1944

A woman leaving her burning house in a bombed street, Germany, 1945. She carries the few possessions she has been able to salvage

Battle at Kiao-Tcheou, China, Boxer Rebellion, 12 July 1900. The Boxer Uprising or Boxer Rebellion was a Chinese rebellion from November 1899 to September 7

The Russian Dragoons at Aikha, China, Boxer Rebellion, August 1900. The Boxer Uprising or Boxer Rebellion was a Chinese rebellion from November 1899 to September 7

Fall of the Paris Commune, 1871. Government troops storming the Communards barricade in the Rue de Rennes. From Les Evenements de Paris. From a private collection

Residents of the suburbs arriving in Paris before the Prussians besiege the city, 1870 (1872). Artist: Auguste Bry
Residents of the suburbs arriving in Paris before the Prussians besiege the city, 1870 (1872). After the disastrous defeat of the French at Sedan and the capture of Napoleon III

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