Refugee Collection (page 7)

The Departure of Jacob to Egypt, probably 1647. Creator: Stefano della Bella
The Departure of Jacob to Egypt, probably 1647

Rest on the Flight into Egypt, 1615-1621. Creator: Orazio Gentileschi
Rest on the Flight into Egypt, 1615-1621. Joseph is old, haggard and exhausted. The Virgin is a young, well-built woman with grubby feet sitting uncomfortably on the floor of a ruined building as she

Hindoo Refugees from the Transvaal in Camp at Cape Town, 1900. Creator: Alfs Hosking
Hindoo Refugees from the Transvaal in Camp at Cape Town, 1900. Many Indians in South Africa are descendants of migrants from colonial India. From " South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol

A group of refugee field-workers at a cafe in Paris, First World War, 1914-1918, (1933)....they were in demand for the harvest owing to the number of men called up under French conscription

Refugees from Northern Missouri entering St. Louis, from Harpers Weekly, pub. 1894 (engraving). Prices Missouri Expedition 1864; Major General Sterling Price (1809 - 1867)

Second Interior Order of the Temple of Jupiter, pub. 1764. Creator: Robert Adam (1728-92)
Second Interior Order of the Temple of Jupiter, from Ruins of the Palace of Emperor Diocletian at Spalatro in Dalmatia, pub. 1764 (engraving)

Belgian Refugees on the Road, 1939-1940, (1941). Creator: Unknown
Belgian Refugees on the Road, 1939-1940, (1941). From Fighter Pilot - A Personal Record of the Campaign in France. September 8th, 1939, to June 13th, 1940. [B. T. Batsford Ltd. London, 1941]

Crowd outside the Russian Vapour Baths, Brick Lane, Stepney, London, 1904. People stand in the street by the entrance to the baths; the porch

Kreuzland, Kreuzland uber Alles, 1916. Artist: Louis Raemaekers
Kreuzland, Kreuzland uber Alles, 1916. Plate 22 from The Great War: A Neutrals Indictment by Louis Raemaekers. The Dutch graphic artist Louis Raemaekers (1869-1956)

King Alfred burning the cakes, (c1900). Artist: Trelleek
King Alfred burning the cakes, c1900. Legend has it that Alfred (849-899), offered shelter from the Danes by a woman at Athelney in the Somerset marshes

The Emigrants. Artist: Van den Berghe, Frits (1883-1939)
The Emigrants. Found in the collection of Collection Belfius Banque

Customs Room at the Gare du Nord, Paris, a relief station for French refugees, 1914. From The Manchester Guardian History of the War - 1914, Vol. I.. [John Heywood Ltd, London, 1914]

The last act of a tragedy: A photograph taken on the last boat leaving Ostend for England, 1914. From The Manchester Guardian History of the War - 1914, Vol. I.. [John Heywood Ltd, London, 1914]

British troops hold out in Louvain as refugees leave the city, 1940, (1940). 15th May 1940, British Expeditionary Forces evacuated Louvain, Belgium. British Official Photograph

Belgian refugees on the harbour at Ostend waiting for a boat to take them to England, 1914. The United Kingdom was home to 250, 000 Belgian refugees during World War One

Reception the French Protestants in Amsterdam, late 17th century (c1870). Artist: H Sluyter
Reception the French Protestants in Amsterdam, late 17th century (c1870). Large numbers of Protestant French Huguenots emigrated to the Calvinist Dutch Republic after Louis XIV revoked the Edict of

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)

French refugee children waiting for a train, 20 January 1918. From a private collection

Belgians arriving in Paris, 1914
Belgian refugees arriving in Paris, World War I, 1914. Belgian civilians arriving in the French capital having fled after the Germans invaded their country. French postcard

Refugees from the north waiting for a guide to find them lodgings, Paris, World War I, 1914-1918. French postcard

Refugess, Belleville heights, during the bombardment of Verdun, France, World War I, 1916
Refugees, Belleville heights, during the bombardment of Verdun, France, World War I, 1916. A print from Le Pays de France, 23 March 1916

Belgian refugees with their bicycles and possessions outside the Gare du Nord, Paris, July 1940
Belgian refugees with their possessions outside the Gare du Nord, Paris, July 1940. Belgians who had fled to France ahead of the German invasion preparing to return home after the fall of France

French refugees returning home after the fall of France to the Germans, Paris, July 1940

Refugees with their luggage at the Gare de l Est, Paris, August 1940. People who had fled the German invaders preparing to return to their homes after Frances defeat

French and Belgian refugees, Rambouillet, France, 16 July 1940. Families who had fled before the advancing Germans prepare to return to their homes after the capitulation of France

Homeless refugee women and children, Russia, 1941

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

Refugees returning home, Paris, July 1940. People who had fled the German invaders returning to their homes after Frances defeat

Refugees studying a train timetable, Gare de l Est, Paris, July 1940. People who had fled the German invaders preparing to return to their homes after Frances defeat

Entering Holland from the Belgian frontier, 1915. About a million refugees crossed the border from German-occupied Belgium into the neutral Netherlands during the First World War

French refugees return to their abandoned village, Artois, World War I, 1915. A print from the Le Flambeau (the Torch), 18 September 1915

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

Stone panels from northern Iraq, Neo-Assyrian, c700-c681 BC
Relief of Assyrian slingers at the siege of Lachish, from the north-west palace at Nineveh of Sennacharib, from the British Museums collection

Assyrian relief of refugees from the palace of Ashburnipal at Ninever

Great Fire of London, 1666 (19th century). Old St Paul s, destroyed in the fire, seen from the south bank of the Thames. Refugees from the flames cluster in boats

Great Fire of London, 1666 (c1865). Artist: Kronheim & Co
Great Fire of London, 1666 (c1865). Boats full of citizens who have escaped cross the Thames while others look back to Old St Pauls and the blazing city from the safety of the South Bank

Black refugees travelling in a bullock cart, American Civil War, 1861-1865. From the Library of Congress

Earthquake in Thebes, 1893. Artist: Henri Meyer
Earthquake in Thebes, 1893. A print from the Le Petit Journal, 17th June 1893

Families leaving their village bombarded during the Normandy landings, France, 1944

Refugees with their belongings, German-occupied Paris, July 1940

Souvenir de Folkestone (Arrival of the Boulogne Boat), 1873. Artist: Joseph Swain
Souvenir de Folkestone (Arrival of the Boulogne Boat), 1873. The boat from Boulogne brings French citizens escaping from the troubles of France. From Punch, or the London Charivari, October 11, 1873

The Next Refugee, or a Drheam of the Futur, 1859. Pro Nono I want-a, to go to Ley-chesterra Squarra! Pope Pius IX, clutching his shopping basket like a housewife, with his umbrella and box of relics

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