Escaping Collection

Heroic fireman rescuing girl from fire
Heroic fireman rescuing a girl from a fire. Date: 19th century

Siberian death defier and Aviator baffling John Clempert
Undated coloured poster for Siberian death defier and Aviator baffling John Clempert featuring illustrations of his tricks and performances. HPF/5B/18

The Voice that filled the Albert Hall by H. M. Bateman
Illustration by H. M. Bateman showing a buxom, matronly singer hitting a high note in the Albert Hall. Her voice is so loud (or bad)

Rasselas and Imlac digging a tunnel
Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia, together with his companion, the wise man Imlac, digging a tunnel in order to escape the Happy Valley and see what life is like beyond it

Mytton Rides Bear
JOHN MYTTON English eccentric decides to enliven a dinner party by riding a bear into the dining -room. The bear bit him on the calf & the doctor was called

Thumbelina flies away on the Swallows back
Thumbelina escapes from the Field Mouse and the Mole on the back of the Swallow. Illustration to a fairytale by Hans Christian Andersen, first published 1835

German cruiser SMS Emden, WW1
The German light cruiser SMS Emden after being attacked by HMAS Sydney on 9 November 1914, at the Battle of Cocos. Escaping crew can be seen in a boat in the foreground. 1914

Methods of escape from submarine by G. H. Davis
The latest methods of escape from a sunken submarine: the rescue bell, the one-man escape chamber, and escape without the use of breathing apparatus. 1954

Illustration, Peter, the fox terrier, discovers a fox (White-Ear) has been hiding in the bed. Date: 1912

Goldilocks and Three Bears
Goldilocks and the Three Bears which originally appeared on a Christmas card with a sliding front and a pull tab. Date: circa 1890s

1960s fashion, eloping in Victor Stiebel
A couple elope in the most elegant way possible; she wearing a long evening dress in apple green taffeta by Victor Stiebel, with bows added for extra charm

King James II throwing Great Seal into the River Thames
King James II throwing Great Seal of England into the River Thames near Whitehall. The Seal was used for stamping the kings assent on all important documents

People escaping by boat during the Great Fire of London
People escaping by boat on the River Thames during the Great Fire of London. Date: 1666

The perils of sitting on a freshly-painted park bench
A humorous postcard cataloguing in 6 frames, the perils of sitting on a freshly-painted park bench. A masher " the vacant seat

The Escape of Grotius, aka Hugo de Groot, Dutch humanist, diplomat, lawyer, theologian, poet and playwright. He was imprisoned in Loevestein Castle for his involvement in Calvinist disputes

Long Range Bombardment of Dunkirk
This oil painting is based on sketches and notes from the artist, Ernest Procter, while serving in the Friends Ambulance Unit in WW1

Examination of Louis XVI, arrested at Varennes, France
The Examination of Louis XVI, arrested at Varennes, 21 June 1791, when attempting to escape with his family in disguise during the French Revolution Date: 1791

Siberia, performed at the Hippodrome
Scenes of Asiatic- Russia life play, called Siberia performed at the London Hippodrome. Written by Mr Henglers. The scene of the plunging horses as prisoners escape from a prison with officers

Comic postcard, Woman escaping from department store Date: 20th century

Ulysses and His Companions escaping the Sirens, passing between Scylla and Charybdis. Date: circa 1790

Comic postcard, Man racing for the train, pursued by his creditors Date: 20th century

Escape of Mary Queen of Scots from Loch Leven Castle. 1568

King James IIs flight from Ireland after his defeat by William of Orange at the Battle of the Boyne. Date: 1690

Christmas card, children on a sleigh in the snow
Victorian Christmas card, children on a sleigh in the snow, with turkeys running away in the foreground. 19th century

Belgian refugees at Ostend, WW1
Belgian refugees at Ostend - families living in beach huts escaping the German invasion, August 1914, at the start of the First World War. 1914

Painting on an artists palette
Escaped - a humorous painting on an artists palette, showing two dogs watching a cat disappear through the hole. circa 1898

Convicted Communard Prisoners - Fort d Enet
Incarcerated in the Fort d Enet, in the harbour of the Ile d Aix, convicted Communards gaze out and contemplate the chances of escape...are incarcerated. 1871

Convoys in Peril, by Claude Muncaster, WW1
Convoys in Peril, by Claude Muncaster, First World War. Showing a British freighter dead in the water after a torpedo attack, with the crew escaping by lifeboats. 1914-1918

Balcony for saving lives and goods in case of fire
A Description of the new invented Balcony for saving the Lives and Goods of Persons whose Houses are on fire. Showing firefighters in action in the street below. Date: circa 18th century

Charles Is son Charles hides in an oak at Boscobel
King Charles Is son Charles is hiding up an oak to hide from Cromwells soldiers after the Battle of Worcester. The oak at Boscobel House was called " The Royal Oak ". 1651

Matilda escapes Oxford wearing a white cloak
In 1141, Matilda was trapped in Oxford on a snowy winter night. Stephens solders were all around. When the food ran out she put on a large white cloak and escaped over the wall

Ranulf Flambards escape from The Tower of London
The escape of Bishop Ranulf Flambard (circa 1060-1128) from The Tower of London (he had been imprisoned by William Rufus successor Henry I of England)

Illustration, White-Ear escapes up a tree and looks down at the baying hounds. Date: 1912

THE FREE FORESTERS
The Free Foresters cricket team having just returned from a tour in Holland where the side suffered many injuries with only two players escaping unhurt Date: 1930s

Mary of Modena Flees
Mary of Modena, queen of James II, flees to France clutching her new-born son James (subsequently the Old Pretender). Date: 1688

Thumbelina drawn by a butterfly down a stream
Thumbelina, standing on a leaf, is drawn downstream by a butterfly. Illustration to a fairytale by Hans Christian Andersen, first published 1835

Turkey escaping the poulterer on a Christmas card -- He that fights and runs away may live to fight another day. Date: circa 1890s

Greek refugees at Gallipoli Town during Chanak Crisis
Greek refugees at Gallipoli Town awaiting passports during the Chanak Crisis (Chanak Affair, Chanak Incident) - a war scare in September 1922 between Britain and Republic of Turkey

Mycenaean art. Greece. Funerary stele in stone. Relief depicting a lion chasing a deer. From the tomb V of Circle A at Mycenae. Dated in 16th century B.C. National Archaeological Museum. Athens

Battle of the Falkland Islands by G. H. Davis
The Battle of the Falkland Islands -- how Admiral von Spees squadron was sunk, the German cruiser Dresden alone escaping. Showing the action between the German cruiser Leipzig

HMS Poseidon submarine escape apparatus
HMS Poseidon and the submarine escape apparatus. Poseidon was sunk on 9th June 1931 after colliding with the Chinese merchant steamer SS Yuta

Houdini the amateur prison breaker and handcuff king
Harry Houdini (1874 - 1926), in a sequence of photographs escaping from a huge number of imprisoning handcuffs. 1904

Operation Albumen - The Escape from Crete - WWII
Passengers and Chaperones. Photograph taken by Colonel David Sutherland of SBS and SAS, was part of a 12-man Special Boat Service unit which made a daring raid on the occupied Greek island of Rhodes

Fox chasing rabbits
A fox chases a colony of rabbits through the snow and brings one down

Hungarian wolves attack a wedding party
A pack of hungry Hungarian wolves attack a wedding party at Hidos (Hidas, Hidasch)

For Wife and Kingdom by Ward Bailey. First produced at the Theatre Royal in Smethwick, on 8th March 1909 and moving to the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, on 29th March 1909

Old-Fashioned Country Cottages by Fougasse
Sequential cartoon by Fougasse (Kenneth Cyril Bird) showing a man staying at a funny little country cottage only to find its comforts lacking to the point that he eventually makes his escape

Josephs chastity, fleeing from Potiphars wife - Genesis 39. circa 1690

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