Fleeing Collection (#3)

New Testament: St Paul's Escape from Damascus (colour litho)
8658781 New Testament: St Paul's Escape from Damascus (colour litho) by Copping, Harold (1863-1932); Private Collection; (add.info.: St Paul's Escape from Damascus)

The Ottoman sultan's barge nearly run down in the Bosphorus (engraving)
8676935 The Ottoman sultan's barge nearly run down in the Bosphorus (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Gulliver's Travels: He makes his escape to the Island of Blefuscu (colour litho)
8666358 Gulliver's Travels: He makes his escape to the Island of Blefuscu (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Sea Adventure: "Nelson's Bridge" (colour litho)
8668759 Sea Adventure: "Nelson's Bridge" (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The destruction of L'Orient at the Battle of the Nile, 1 August 1798, 1825-27 (oil on canvas)
7337687 The destruction of L'Orient at the Battle of the Nile, 1 August 1798, 1825-27 (oil on canvas) by Arnald, George (1763-1841); 185.5x269 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

Lot and his daughters fleeing Sodom, 19th century (engraving)
ELD4955542 Lot and his daughters fleeing Sodom, 19th century (engraving); Private Collection; (add.info.: Loth's wife disobeyed God's warning by watching the destruction of Sodom)

A Serbian Fairy Tale: The Episode of the Snake (w/c on paper)
PNH351972 A Serbian Fairy Tale: The Episode of the Snake (w/c on paper) by Dulac, Edmund (1882-1953); 33x22.8 cm; Private Collection; Photo © Peter Nahum at The Leicester Galleries, London

Antwerp refugees fleeing to Holland, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
Antwerp refugees fleeing to Holland, 1914. Shows refugees walking on railroad tracks on way to Holland during World War I

The Burning of Troy with the Flight of Aeneas and Anchises, early-mid 17th century. Creator: Francois de Nome
The Burning of Troy with the Flight of Aeneas and Anchises, early-mid 17th century. The Trojan Horse (centre) was said to have been used by the Greeks during the Trojan War to enter the city of Troy

The Flight into Egypt, c1520. Creator: Jean Pichore
The Flight into Egypt, c1520. Illustration from a Book of Hours: Joseph leads a donkey bearing Mary and the infant Jesus

Disappointed Bride: Kono Flees Upon Discovering That the Ugly Bridegroom Is Not Whom... 1879
Disappointed Bride: Kono Flees Upon Discovering That the Ugly Bridegroom Is Not Whom She Promised to Marry, 1879. Series: The Kanayomi Newspaper, no. 891

The Dark Hours of Italy; Women and children of Friuli and Carnia fleeing... 1917. Creator: Unknown
The Dark Hours of Italy; Women and children of Friuli and Carnia fleeing the horrors of the invasion, 1917. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration, Paris

Les Fuyards; La panique: soldats russes fuyant eperdument a travers un village apres... 1917. Creator: Unknown
Les Fuyards; La panique: soldats russes fuyant eperdument a travers un village apres avoir jete leurs armes a la voix d'un provocateur criant que la cavalerie allemande avait perce, 1917

Dyke breach, 1765-1873. Creator: Cornelis van Hardenbergh
Dyke breach, 1765-1873

Aeneas and Dido Fleeing the Storm, between c1772 and c1774. Creator: Jean Bernard Restout
Aeneas and Dido Fleeing the Storm, between c1772 and c1774

Eruption of Mt Vesuvius, Seen from the Ponte della Maddalena in Naples, c.1783. Creator: Francesco Piranesi
Eruption of Mt Vesuvius, Seen from the Ponte della Maddalena in Naples, c.1783. The eruption of Mt Vesuvius on 8 August 1779 caused great panic among the Neapolitans

Visions de guerre sur le front russe; chars transportant des grands blesses, 1916. Creator: L.H Grondijs
Visions de guerre sur le front russe; chars transportant des grands blesses. 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVII

Visions de guerre sur le front russe; la route dans les marecages. Quand ce cliché fut... 1916. Creator: Unknown
Visions de guerre sur le front russe; la route dans les marecages. Quand ce cliche fut pris, note M.L.Grondijs, iln'etait pas tombe une goutte d'eau depuis des semaines. 1916

Visions de guerre sur le front russe; les voles deviennent larges de centaines de metres, 1916. Creator: Unknown
Visions de guerre sur le front russe; les voles deviennent larges de centaines de metres. 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVII

Atis and Galathea, 1761. Creator: Pompeo Batoni
Atis and Galathea, 1761

Mythological scene (Aeneas flees Troy?), 1550-1600. Creator: Aniello Redita
Mythological scene (Aeneas flees Troy?), 1550-1600

En plongee : le coup de periscope; le sous-marin fuit, apres avoir attaque, 1916. Creator: Alexis De Broca
En plongee : le coup de periscope; le sous-marin fuit, apres avoir attaque, From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVIII

Rest on the Flight into Egypt, 1600-1699. Creator: Unknown
Rest on the Flight into Egypt, 1600-1699. Manner of Jan Brueghel I

Pyrrhus and Andromache before Hector's Tomb, 1807-1811. Creator: Johan Ludvig Gebhard Lund
Pyrrhus and Andromache before Hector's Tomb, 1807-1811. Andromache grieves for her husband as the city of Thebe Hypoplakia is burned by the Greeks

Scene from "Tess of the D'Urbervilles", by Thomas Hardy, 1891. Creator: Hubert von Herkomer
Tess of the D'Urbervilles", By Thomas Hardy; "Something seemed to move on the verge of the dip eastward - a mere dot", 1891. From "The Graphic

La Serbie Douloureuse; L'exode devant l'invasion autrichienne, 1914. Creator: Unknown
La Serbie Douloureuse; L'exode devant l'invasion autrichienne, 1914. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919: Volume I". [L'Illustration, Paris, 1926]

La Serbie Douloureuse, 1914. Creator: Unknown
La Serbie Douloureuse, 1914. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919: Volume I". [L'Illustration, Paris, 1926]

Devant l'envahisseur; Beaucoup, qui ne possedent qu'un chien comme bete de trait, 1914. Creator: Unknown
Devant l'envahisseur; Beaucoup, qui ne possedent qu'un chien comme bete de trait, ont du abandonner derriere eux tous leurs biens, 1914

Devant l'envahisseur; Les habitants des campagnes belges fuient sur les routes, 1914. Creator: Unknown
Devant l'envahisseur; Les habitants des campagnes belges, emportant ce qu'ils ont pu reunir dans la hate de la panique, fuient sur les routes, 1914

Arrivée en Alsace du commissaire... 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Arrivee en Alsace du commissaire... 19th century. Arrival in Alsace of the special commissioner Coco Romieu

The Revocation of the Edict of Nantes (1685) - Protestant Fugitives"; after M Leloir. 1890. Creator: Unknown
The Revocation of the Edict of Nantes (1685) - Protestant Fugitives"; after M Leloir. 1890. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 42. July to December, 1890

Esquisse pour l'église saint Laurent : Saint Joseph aux pieds de Jésus Christ - la Fuite... 1878
Esquisse pour l'eglise saint Laurent : la Fuite en Egypte, Saint Joseph intercesseur - Saint Joseph protecteur, 1878. Sketch for the Saint-Laurent church (ninth arrondissement of Paris)

Esquisse pour l'église saint Laurent : Saint Joseph aux pieds de Jésus Christ - la Fuite... 1878
Esquisse pour l'eglise saint Laurent : Saint Joseph aux pieds de Jesus Christ - la Fuite en Egypte, Saint Joseph intercesseur - Saint Joseph protecteur, 1878

Les Derniers jours de Pompéi, between 1834 and 1850. Creator: Frédéric Schopin
Les Derniers jours de Pompei, between 1834 and 1850. The Last Days of Pompeii. Depiction of the destruction of the Roman city of Pompeii during the eruption of Vesuvius on 24 August 24

Two Fleeing Figures (Atlanta and Hippomenes?), 1784. Creator: Lydia Bates
Two Fleeing Figures (Atlanta and Hippomenes?), 1784

Two Fleeing Figures (Atlanta and Hippomenes?), 1784. Creator: Lydia Bates
Two Fleeing Figures (Atlanta and Hippomenes?), 1784

Woman Fleeing from a Man Holding a Lance in the Forest, 1796/1800. Creator: Carl Wilhelm Kolbe the elder
Woman Fleeing from a Man Holding a Lance in the Forest, 1796/1800

Lot's Daughters Fleeing Sodom, 1615/20. Creator: Lucas Vorsterman
Lot's Daughters Fleeing Sodom, 1615/20

The Beginning: Tokiwa Gozen Fleeing with Her Three Children (Hattan, sanshi o tomona... c. 1832/34)
The Beginning: Tokiwa Gozen Fleeing with Her Three Children (Hattan, sanshi o tomonatte Tokiwa Gozen hyorosu), from the series "The Life of Yoshitsune (Yoshitsune ichidai zue)", c. 1832/34

Telemachus and Mentor in a Galley after Fleeing the Island of Calypso, from The... Book 8, 1808
Telemachus and Mentor in a Galley after Fleeing the Island of Calypso, from The Adventures of Telemachus, Book 8, 1808

The Late Attack upon Marshal Haynau - Escape of Marshal Haynau in the Police Galley, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Late Attack upon Marshal Haynau - Escape of Marshal Haynau in the Police Galley, 1850. During a visit to London, the Austrian general Julius Jacob von Haynau was attacked by an angry mob who

Battle Scene with Horsemen Fleeing from Avenging Angel, c. 1650. Creator: Dirck Hals
Battle Scene with Horsemen Fleeing from Avenging Angel, c. 1650

Omega's Flight, 1908/09. Creator: Edvard Munch
Omega's Flight, 1908/09

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Roswitha Schleicher-Schwarz

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

Springbok (Antidorcas marsupialis) herd fleeing predator, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa

Two injured Turks escaping from a village attacked by the Bulgarian forces during the First Balkan War, 1912. From Mundo Grafico, published 1912.

The War in America: refugees from southern cities on the Mississippi, from a sketch by our... 1862. Creator: Unknown
The War in America: refugees from southern cities on the Mississippi, from a sketch by our special artist, 1862. Our special Artist and Correspondent...writes as follows

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"Fleeing: A Journey of Escape, Survival, and Hope" In the midst of chaos and uncertainty, the concept takes on various forms throughout history. From Kateri Tekakwitha's escape from persecution to Jules Verne's Nautilus submarine evading its pursuers, the act has been a recurring theme in human existence. Artwork such as Leon-Maxime Faivre's "Deux meres (Two Mothers)" captures the desperation and determination that drive individuals to flee. Similarly, the wood engraving "Death as Assassin" reminds us that sometimes a matter of life or death. The tale of Apollo and Daphne immortalizes their flight from love turned into pursuit. Meanwhile, posters like "Evacuation as a National Service" depict how communities come together during times of crisis to ensure everyone can escape harm's way. Religious narratives also portray instances where fleeing plays a pivotal role. The depiction of Christ Rising from the Tomb shows Roman soldiers hastily retreating in fear while others witness an extraordinary event unfold before them. Even in lighter contexts, such as 18th-century art piece "The Feathered Fair in a Fright, " we see comical scenes where people flee with feathers flying amidst amusement-filled chaos. However, not all instances are lighthearted; some are marked by tragedy. The image capturing Serbian army protecting peasants escaping to Albania during World War I serves as a haunting reminder of displacement caused by conflict. Arthur Rackham's artwork titled "I flee for the first time and am pursued" encapsulates both vulnerability and resilience when faced with adversity. It portrays our instinctual response to danger – running away – but also highlights how pursuing forces may relentlessly chase after us. History bears witness to countless episodes where entire populations had no choice but to flee for their lives. One example being Belgians fleeing Termonde during World War I showcases the immense hardships faced by refugees seeking safety.