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  • An eagle catching one hare while another escapes. Colour etching by G. Demarteau, ca. 1760, after C. Dagomer.
  • A fox is pursued by two dogs while a cat escapes by climbing a tree. Etching by W. Hollar for a fable by Aesop.
  • The death of Orpheus: Orpheus is seen defending himself on one knee against the Thracian women, who assault him with clubs, while a child escapes to the left. Heliogravure after an engraving.
  • Squanderfield fatally wounded by a rapier leans back as his wife kneels before him; Silvertongue in his nightgown hastily escapes through a window. Engraving by Simon François Ravenet after William Hogarth, 1745.
  • The Panama Canal: having fled France to escape the results of his mismanagement of the canal's financing, Dr Cornelius Herz escapes extradition on the ground that he has a terminal illness, and lives happily in Bournemouth for fifteen years. Watercolour drawing by H.S. Robert, ca. 1897.
  • Illustration; The Escape
  • A woman trying to escape a triton. Etching by J. Goupy after S. Rosa.
  • A young dancer trying to escape winged figures with men's heads. Etching by F. Goya, 1796/1798.
  • A young dancer trying to escape winged figures with men's heads. Etching by F. Goya, 1796/1798.
  • Lot and his family escape from collapsing Sodom; his wife looks back at the destruction. Engraving.