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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Empress Matilda escaping the siege of Oxford, 1142
Empress Matilda escaping through a postern door during King Stephen I's siege of Oxford, December, 1142. She wore white robes to camouflage in the snow. Matilda's escape from Oxford Castle

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

Boeing B-52E Stratofortress 57-0015
United States Air Force - Boeing B-52E-90-BO Stratofortress 57-0015 (msn 17409), at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, on celebrity Row, temporarily escaping the treaty chopping blade. Date: circa 1970

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

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)

The Escape of Grotius, aka Hugo de Groot, Dutch humanist, diplomat, lawyer, theologian, poet and playwright

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

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

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

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

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

Monkey mascot steals enemy flag, WW1
The exploits of Bebe, the pet monkey of an Italian officer who brought back the Austrian flag from the enemy trenches

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

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

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

Mars Tied Down
Mars, God of War, allows the Geneva Peace Conference to tie him down - before he does his celebrated escaping trick, breaking their pathetic strings Date: 1932

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

Snowy Owl hunting a Hare
A Snowy Owl swoops to catch an Arctic Hare in its talons. Painting by Raymond Sheppard

Cloelia escapes back to Rome by swimming the Tiber
Cloelia, given as a hostage to the Etruscan king, Lars Porsenna of Clusium, escapes back to Rome by swimming the Tiber, taking several other Roman girls with her

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)

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

Four kittens and an envelope on a greetings card, with an escaping mouse. Date: circa 1890s

Greek sailing ship loaded with refugees during Chanak Crisis
Greek sailing ship loaded with refugees during the Chanak Crisis (Chanak Affair, Chanak Incident) - a war scare in September 1922 between Britain and Republic of Turkey

Antonio Perez (1540-1611), Spanish politician, running away. He participated in the murder of Escobedo (1578) implying Philip II in the act. He was sentenced to two years in prison

Antonio Perez evasion from prison the evening April 19, 1590
Antonio Perez (1540-1611). Spanish politician. He participated in the murder of Escobedo (1578) implying Philip II in the act. He was sentenced to two years in prison

Suintila (ca. 588 A?i? 633 / 635). Visigothic King
Suintila (ca. 588 A?i? 633/635). Visigothic King of Hispania, Septimania and Galicia from 621 to 631. Suintila escape with his son Ricimer (ca. 610-631). Colored engraving

Snap Playing Card - man losing a fish. circa 1910s

Biblical scene on a Christmas card -- the Flight into Egypt. Date: circa 1890s

Coypu Trapping
Coypu (or Swamp Beaver ) trapping on the Suffolk marshes, England. South American rodents, introduced to Britain in 1929, before escaping and breeding wild. Date: 1960s

Phoenix Fire Office, insurance company
The Phoenix Fire Office, London, an insurance company offering protection for the owners of property. Date: early 19th century

Sir Brook Watson escaping from the jaws of a shark
Miraculous escape of Sir Brook Watson, 1st Baronet (1735-1807), merchant, soldier, and later Lord Mayor of London, from the jaws of a shark during his boyhood. He lost his right leg below the knee

Napoleon III escaping from life imprisonment
Napoleon III, disguised as a labourer, escapes from the Chateau de Ham, where he had been condemned to life imprisonment in 1840. The escape was successful -- two days later he turned up in London

Lady Madcap by Paul Rubens and N Newham Davis
Promotional postcard for Lady Madcap by Paul Rubens and N. Newham Davis; music Paul Rubens. First produced at the Prince of Wales Theatre, on 17th December 1904

Toddler with nursery rhyme scene on a Christmas card -- Bye baby bunting, Fathers gone a-hunting, To get a little rabbit skin, To wrap the baby bunting in

Children with nursery rhyme scenes on a Christmas card -- One, two, three, four, five, I caught a hare alive! Six, seven, eight, nine, ten, And let it go again! Date: circa 1890s

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Field Babies. Pippin the puppy is chased away by the goslings mother, a big white goose who doesn t like dogs. Date: 1910

Cartoon, The Great Balloon, by James Gillray. A satirical comment on the subject of Lord Grenvilles installation as Chancellor of Oxford University

Illustration, escaped pony
Illustration, a boy and his father try to catch an escaped pony. Date: 1930

Illustration, White-Ear runs out of the kitchen
Illustration, White-Ear the fox runs out of the kitchen as a maid throws boiling water on him. Date: 1912

Pulling out from the Arnhem Bridgehead, WW2
British Airborne troops pulling out from the Arnhem Bridgehead, crossing the Lower Rhine during the night after an eight-day ordeal. Date: 1944

Illustration, The Robber Bridegroom -- They hurried away as quickly as they could from this vile den. Date: 1909

WW1 - German airmen in combat
WW1 - A drawing from a German artist for a German newspaper who witnessed the airmen in a battle royal in mid-air

Sphere cover - French refugees from lost villages, Matania
A refugee French mother and her children are given a lift by some British soldiers on a road in Northern France as they escape the approaching German guns

Engraving of firefighters in action at a burning building
Engraving of firefighters in action at a fire, operating hosepipes and attempting to rescue a woman from the upper window of a burning building. Date: 1836

Engraving of man escaping fire via parachute
Engraving of a man escaping from a fire via a small parachute attached to the belt of his trousers

People jumping from a burning building -- firefighters hold a sheet below to catch them. Date: 19th century

British submarine training by G. H. Davis
Officers and men of the British submarine service being trained in use of the Davis submarine escape apparatus: A water-filled tank with a dummy submarine compartment and the new canvas air lock

Bonzo in search of his forefathers by George Studdy
Bonzo finds a trace of his ancestral courage in an old tapestry -- he notices his ancestor running away from a wild boar, while bigger and braver dogs confront it. Date: 1924

Out of Doors -- boys watching a hare
Out of Doors -- two boys, a man and a dog watch an escaping hare. Date: 19th century

How to avoid the submarine pirate by G. H. Davis
How to avoid the submarine pirate during the First World War. The advantage of showing a clean pair of heels and other devices for checkmating the submarine. Date: 1915

Cartoons, Antwerp to London, WW1
Cartoons, Antwerp to London, by a Belgian artist who did it

Bonzo gets that spring feeling by George Studdy
Bonzo gets that spring feeling when confronted by a bull in a field. Chee-Kee the Pekingese escapes the easy way by slipping under the five-bar gate rather than being head-butted over it

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