Running Away Collection

The Rabbit running away
LLM458054 The Rabbit running away by Tenniel, John (1820-1914) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Rabbit running away)

Two boys throwing snowballs at a chimney sweep, New Years greetings card. (chromolitho)
6031470 Two boys throwing snowballs at a chimney sweep, New Years greetings card. (chromolitho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Featherd Fair in a Fright, 18th century. Women with elaborate feathered hairdos flee from angry ostriches who want their feathers back

Christmas in Leap Year - by Florence Claxton, 1860. Creator: Gilks
Christmas in Leap Year - by Florence Claxton, 1860. Humorous vignettes depicting a tradition, known as Bachelor's Day or Ladies Privilege

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

Les Emeutes de juillet 1917 a Petrograd; Un episode de la Guerre de Rues, le 17 juillet, 1917. Creator: Viktor Bulla
Les Emeutes de juillet 1917 a Petrograd; Un episode de la Guerre de Rues, le 17 juillet, 1917. Russian Revolution: the Petrograd Riots of July 1917; an episode of the Street Wars, 17 July

Les Fuyards; Officiers russes et anglais des automobiles blindees arretant un convoi de... 1917. Creator: Unknown
Les Fuyards; Officiers russes et anglais des automobiles blindees arretant un convoi de soldats qui fuyaient le front sur des chars enleves a l'Intendance, 1917

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

Panicking Townspeople, c1760. Creator: Unknown
Panicking Townspeople, c1760

La nouvelle Cendrillon, 1866. Creator: Honore Daumier
La nouvelle Cendrillon, 1866. The new Cinderella. Allegorical figure of Austria running from the Italian boot. From Actualites

Three children quarreling over a bird's nest, 1720. Creator: Isaac Walraven
Three children quarreling over a bird's nest, 1720. One boy runs away with the nest and chicks, while the other hits the girl and pulls her hair

Flight of the Greeks from Larissa, c1900. Creator: Ernest Prater
Flight of the Greeks from Larissa, c1900. Ottoman forces re-occupied the city of Larissa, in Thessaly, during the Greco-Turkish War of 1897. From "Cassell's History of England, Vol

The Peasant's Pleasure, after c.1619. Creator: Unknown
The Peasant's Pleasure, after c.1619

Runaway, 1870-1910. Creator: John MacAllan Swan
Runaway, 1870-1910

The Burning of Covent-Garden Theatre - Flight of the Masqueraders, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Burning of Covent-Garden Theatre - Flight of the Masqueraders, 1856. Illustration to a poem suggested by a theatre fire

Satyrs Spying on Nymphs, after 1627. Creator: Cornelis van Poelenburgh
Satyrs Spying on Nymphs, after 1627

Un Miracle (A Miracle), 1874. Creator: Mose, Bianchi
Un Miracle (A Miracle), 1874

The "Gallumbo, " a popular Sport in Spain, 1891. Creator: Unknown
The "Gallumbo, " a popular Sport in Spain, 1891. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 44. July to December, 1891

Si le chasseur a froid aux mains...le lièvre n'a pas froid aux pieds... 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Si le chasseur a froid aux mains...le lievre n'a pas froid aux pieds... 19th century. Hunting scenes. The huntsman may have cold hands...but the hare doesn't have cold feet

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

Paul and Virginia or the very Last of the Smugglers, 1886. Creator: Randolph Caldecott
Paul and Virginia or the very Last of the Smugglers, 1886. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume 33. January to June, 1886"

Rout of the Mexicans, 1849. Creator: Unknown
Rout of the Mexicans, 1849. Scene from the Mexican-American War. From "Pictorial History of Mexico and the Mexican War", by John Frost, LL.D.. [Thomas, Cowperthwait and Co

The Late Attack upon Marshal Haynau - the Coal-Cellar at the "George", Bankside, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Late Attack upon Marshal Haynau - the Coal-Cellar at the "George", Bankside, 1850. Austrian general Julius Jacob von Haynau hides from a London mob who attacked him for his sanguinary

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

The Late Attack upon Marshal Haynau - the Bed-Room in which Marshal Haynau was Concealed, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Late Attack upon Marshal Haynau - the Bed-Room in which Marshal Haynau was Concealed, 1850. After being attacked by angry workers during a visit to a brewery in Southwark, London

Der Zechpreller, mid-late 19th century, (c1924). Creator: Carl Spitzweg
Der Zechpreller, mid-late 19th century, (c1924). The bill-dodger. A man attempts to leave as a woman grabs his coat. From " Die gute alte Zeit: Zeichnungen von Karl Spitzweg"

The Rabbit Running Away, 1930. Artist: John Tenniel
The Rabbit Running Away, 1930. The White Rabbit from Lewis Carrolls (1832-1898) Alice in Wonderland. After an illustration by John Tenniel (1820-1914) colour printed by Edward Evans (1826-1905)

Deserting German Army horses (colour litho)
2819091 Deserting German Army horses (colour litho) by Damblans, Eugene (1865-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: Deserting German Army horses. Running across the frontier into France)

Charge of the Black Rhinoceros; Life in a South African Colony, 1875. Creator: Unknown
Charge of the Black Rhinoceros; Life in a South African Colony, 1875. From, Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London] Belle Sauvage Works.London E.C

Force majeure. Illustration for Le Pele-Mele, 1902 (colour litho)
3100622 Force majeure. Illustration for Le Pele-Mele, 1902 (colour litho) by Avelot, Henri (1873-1935); Private Collection; (add.info.: Force majeure)

A Tragic bear hunt (colour litho)
3097543 A Tragic bear hunt (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Tragic bear hunt. Tragique Chasse A L Ours)

A child killed by a Prussian policeman (colour litho)
2807742 A child killed by a Prussian policeman (colour litho) by Tofani, Oswaldo (1849-1915) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Tragic bullfight on the outskirts of Paris (colour litho)
2819100 Tragic bullfight on the outskirts of Paris (colour litho) by Tofani, Oswaldo (1849-1915) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Tragic bullfight on the outskirts of Paris)

Battle between a tiger and a bull in a bullring in San Sebastian, Spain (colour litho)
2795860 Battle between a tiger and a bull in a bullring in San Sebastian, Spain (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Reprimand (engraving) (b / w photo)
XIR233080 The Reprimand (engraving) (b/w photo) by Baudouin, Pierre Antoine (1723-69); Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France

The English turn in flight after the death of King Harold, Bayeux Tapestry (wool embroidery on linen)
XIR183151 The English turn in flight after the death of King Harold, Bayeux Tapestry (wool embroidery on linen) by Unknown Artist, (11th century); Musee de la Tapisserie, Bayeux

L Etranger, illustration from Les Chansons de Bilitis, by Pierre Louys, pub. 1922 (pochoir print)
3035640 L Etranger, illustration from Les Chansons de Bilitis, by Pierre Louys, pub. 1922 (pochoir print) by Barbier, Georges (1882-1932); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection

The Elopement, c. 1750. Creator: Torii Kiyohiro
The Elopement, c. 1750

The Elopement (parody of Akutagawa episode from "Tales of Ise"), c. 1767
The Elopement (parody of Akutagawa episode from " Tales of Ise" ), c. 1767

Couple eloping, from the Akutagawa episode in the Tales of Ise, n. d. Creator: Ando Hiroshige
Couple eloping, from the Akutagawa episode in the Tales of Ise, n.d

The Village School Scene (Terakoya), from the series "Sugawaras Secrets... c
The Village School Scene (Terakoya), from the series " Sugawaras Secrets (Sugawara denju)", c. 1830/44

Au Loup! (Furnishing Fabric), France, 1783/89. Creator: Christophe-Philippe Oberkampf
Au Loup! (Furnishing Fabric), France, 1783/89. Wolf! designed by Jean Baptiste Huet after Jacques Stella, manufactured by Christophe Phillipe Oberkampf

Friar Pedro Shoots El Maragato as His Horse Runs Off, c. 1806. Creator: Francisco Goya
Friar Pedro Shoots El Maragato as His Horse Runs Off, c. 1806

A Miracle (Un Miracle), 1874. Creator: Mose, Bianchi
A Miracle (Un Miracle), 1874

An unsuccessful attempt to milk a cow (colour litho)
3626702 An unsuccessful attempt to milk a cow (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: An unsuccessful attempt to milk a cow)

Policeman chasing off a naked man for swimming in a pond (colour litho)
6000019 Policeman chasing off a naked man for swimming in a pond (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Italian cartoon on the adulterous wife, 17th Century (litho)
5208510 Italian cartoon on the adulterous wife, 17th Century (litho) by Italian School, (17th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Italian cartoon on the adulterous wife, 17th Century)

Look out! There are the police! Wheres that? (chromolitho)
968679 Look out! There are the police! Wheres that? (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Look out! There are the police! Wheres that)

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"Running Away: A Journey Through Time and Emotion" Step into the Feathered Fair in a Fright, an 18th-century spectacle where excitement intertwines with fear. Witness the Rabbit running away, its swift escape captivating all who watch. In a snowy scene, two mischievous boys hurl snowballs at a chimney sweep on a New Year's greetings card. Laughter fills the air as they playfully chase him away. The Events of Bloody Sunday unfold before our eyes on the front cover of Le Petit Parisien from February 5th, 1905. The vivid colors of this lithograph depict chaos and turmoil as people flee from danger. Der Zechpreller by Carl Spitzweg takes us to the mid-late 19th century. In this comical painting from c1924, we see a man evading his debts by running away from creditors with humor and wit. John Tenniel's The Rabbit Running Away transports us to 1930. With Tenniel's iconic illustrations, we witness Alice's adventures come alive as she chases after her elusive furry friend. Deserting German Army horses depicted in vibrant color lithographs remind us of their plight during times of war. Their desperate flight echoes through history as they seek freedom amidst chaos. Charge of the Black Rhinoceros; Life in a South African Colony showcases unknown creators' depiction of wild animals charging forward in defiance against human encroachment—a powerful visual representation of resistance and survival. Force majeure leaps out at us through Le Pele-Mele's illustration from 1902. This colorful lithograph captures nature's unstoppable force as it compels individuals to run for shelter or safety when faced with unforeseen circumstances beyond their control. A Tragic bear hunt unfolds before our eyes in another striking color lithograph—reminding us that sometimes fleeing is not an option but rather an unfortunate consequence born out of necessity.