Panic Collection (page 15)

Greenfinches (Carduelis chloris) and House sparrows (Passer domesticus) blurred long exposure photograph, Hungary, February

Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx), Finland

Black headed gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) taking flight, artistically blurred photograph. Cheshire, UK, October. Highly honoured in the Art in Nature category of the Natures Best Windland Smith

Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) in flight over marshes with Golden plovers also in sky, Norfolk, UK

The Overdrove ox, 1790. A scene on London Bridge; on the right the Greenwich to Blackheath Machine has overturned; frightened citizens are fleeing from a bull

Bank-notes - paper money - French alarmists... 1797. Artist
Bank-notes - paper money - French alarmists... 1797. Showing the interior of the Bank of England. William Pitt is standing behind a counter

People bargaining for mounts at West Smithfield, London, 1825. Artist: Theodore Lane
People bargaining for mounts at West Smithfield, London, 1825. Child chimney-sweeps covered in soot ride a donkey. A white horse panics

A sudden surprize to the City Militia... 1774. Artist: John Nixon
A sudden surprize to the City Militia... 1774. The gateway of the Honourable Artillery Company headquarters. Children climbing

Brighton Coach leaving th Belle Sauvage Inn, London, c1840
The 3 Browns booked for Brighton, and only one place: the Brighton coach leaving the Belle Sauvage, c1840. Satirical scene showing a crowded coach leaving the Belle Sauvage Inn, Belle Sauvage Yard

The Ghost - A Christmas Frolic - Le Revenant, 1814
The Ghost - A Christmas Frolic - Le Revenant, printed 1814 (stipple engraving)

Depositors of the Union Trust Company, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, Great Depression, July 1933. Lining up to draw out what is left of their deposits

The City Was Taken With A Desperate Panic, 1902. Artist: Gordon Frederick Browne
The City Was Taken With A Desperate Panic, 1902. The Morgans Raid (11 June - 26 July 1863), episode of the American Civil War. From Battles of the Nineteenth Century, Vol. II

The Frightened Elephants Rushed Back Crashing Through The Forest, 1895, (1902). Artist: Stanley Llewellyn Wood
The Frightened Elephants Rushed Back Crashing Through The Forest, 1895, (1902). The Anglo-Nepalese War or Gurkha War (1814-16), fought between the Kingdom of Nepal and the East India Company

Mr. Jorrockss Bath, 1854. Artist: John Leech
Mr. Jorrockss Bath, 1854. From Handley Cross; or, Mr. Jorrockss Hunt, by Robert Smith Surtees. [Bradbury and Evans, London, 1854]

Bearnaise, c19th century. Artist: Charles Etienne Pierre Motte
Bearnaise, c19th century. Charles Motte was a French lithographer and publisher who encouraged early 19th century artists to reproduce their work. After Jean Victor Adam (1801-1867)

Travelers Stung By Bees, c1880. From The Life and Explorations of David Livingstone The Great Missionary Traveller. [Adam & Co. London, c1880]

Chasing the Ostrich, c1880. From The Life and Explorations of David Livingstone The Great Missionary Traveller. [Adam & Co. London, c1880]

The Death of Major Peirson at St. Heliers, 1781 (1878). Artist: JJ Crew
The Death of Major Peirson at St. Heliers, 1781 (1878). The Death of Major Peirson, 6 January 1781. The Battle of Jersey was the last French attempt to seize the island of Jersey

Mr Muffington on Placid Joe (late Pull Devil), 1865. Artist: John Leech
Mr Muffington on Placid Joe (late Pull Devil), 1865. From Mr. Facey Romfords Hounds, written by Robert Smith Surtees, illustrated by John Leech and H.K. Phiz Browne. [Bradbury, Evans & Co

Mandarin throwing himself with the infant emperor into the sea, 13th century, (1847). Artist: Armstrong
Mandarin throwing himself with the infant emperor into the sea, 13th century, (1847). Illustration from The History of China and India, by Miss Corner, (Dean and Co, London, 1847)

The Flight from Lucknow, 1858, (c1920). Artist: Abraham Solomon
The Flight from Lucknow, 1858, (c1920). The siege of Lucknow was one of the major engagements of the uprising against British rule in India which began in 1857

Death of Turenne, Henri de La Tour d?Auvergne, marshal of France, 1898. Artist: Laplante
Death of Turenne, Henri de La Tour d?Auvergne, marshal of France, 1898. A print from Les Francais Illustres, by Gustave Demoulin, Hachette, Paris, 1898

Canterbury burned by the Danes, 851 AD, (c1920). Artist: A Pearse
Canterbury burned by the Danes, 851 AD, (c1920). Illustration from Story of the British Nation, Volume I, by Walter Hutchinson, (London, c1920s)

Cubans Burning Refineries, (1870s), 1920s
Cubans burning a sugar refinery. During the two wars the Cubans burned many refineries to deprive revenue to the government of Spain

The Military Prophet... April 1750
The Military Prophet: or, A Flight from Providence. Adressed to the foolish and guilty who timidly withdrew themselves on the alarm of another earthquake, April 1750

On the Road to Souain, Sommepy, France, World War I, 1915 (1929). A column of French troops comes under artillery fire

A Chlorine Gas Attack, Second Battle of Ypres, Belgium, 1915, (1926). Artist: Lucien Jonas
A Chlorine Gas Attack, Second Battle of Ypres, Belgium, 1915, (1926). On 22 April 1915 the Germans released 168 tons of chlorine gas over a four mile front, in the first gas attack of the war

Street fighting in Petrograd, Russia, 17th July 1917. An outbreak of violence in the city in the period between the February and October Revolutions

Circus tent blown away, Saint Etienne, France, 1903. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 12th April 1903

In Spain, Riots break out in Barcelona, 1901. Illustration published in, Le Petit Journal, 26th May 1901

Self-sacrifice of a French cuirassier, 1900. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 23rd September 1900

Collision on the Seine, Paris, 1897. Artist: F Meaulle
Collision on the Seine, Paris, 1897. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 7th February 1897

A bomb in Barcelona, 1896. Artist: F Meaulle
A bomb in Barcelona, 1896. On June 7, 1896, a bomb, probably planted by anarchists, exploded amidst a religious procession in Cambios Nuevos, Barcelona

Venezuelan vessels sunk by the Anglo-German fleet, 1902. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 28th December 1902

Cholera in Russia, the troubles in Astrakhan, 1892. Artist: Henri Meyer
Cholera in Russia, the troubles in Astrakhan, 1892. A print from the Le Petit Journal, 6th August 1892

The taking away of the insane in Villejuif, Paris, 1891. Artist: Henri Meyer
The taking away of the insane in Villejuif, Paris, 1891. A print from a supplement to the Le Petit Journal, 12th December 1891

A representation of the opera Lohengrin, Place de l Opera, 1891. Artist: Henri Meyer
A representation of the opera Lohengrin, Place de l Opera, 1891. Lohengrin is a romantic opera (or music drama) in three acts by Richard Wagner

The incident at the menagerie, Montceau-les-Mines, France, 1891. Artist: Henri Meyer
The incident at the menagerie, Montceau-les-Mines, France, 1891. A print from a supplement to Le Petit Journal, 19th September 1891

Guillaume Francois Rouelle, 18th century French chemist, 1874. Antoine Lavoisiers teacher and Professor (demonstrateur) at the Jardin du Roi, Paris

Diana and Actaeon, 1732. Artist: Louis Galloche
Diana and Actaeon, 1732. According to Greek myth, Actaeon was transformed into a deer, and mistakenly killed by his lover Diana (Artemis in Greek mythology), goddess of the hunt

An Accident Aboard the Victoria, 22 June 1893. Artist: Henri Meyer
An Accident Aboard the Victoria, 22 June 1893. The Camperdown rammes the Victoria by mistake, causing the death of Admiral Tyron and 359 Officers and English Sailors, 22 June 1893

Bomb explosion in the Liceo Theatre, Barcelona, 1893. A print from the Le Petit Journal, 25th November 1893

The death of General Margallo, the Rif war, Morocco, 1893. The Rif War of 1893, also called the Melilla War or the Margallo War was a conflict between Spain

Metropolitan Prize Puzzles. No. 7. 1883. An illustration of the problems caused by a plethora of clocks at Waterloo station, all of which show a different time

Carnotaurus attacking an Antarctopelta armored dinosaur
Carnotaurus attacking an Antarctopelta from the Late Cretaceous period

Wall Street crash in 1884
Financial panic on Wall Street, May 14, 1884. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Ufos / Sutton / Hopkinsville
At Kelly, Hopkinsville, Kentucky, the Sutton family see small figures around their farm, fire on them, driving them away, and report in panic to the police

Panic San Francisco Stock Exchange Broker Brokers
Panic at the San Francisco Stock Exchange, USA, 19th century. From America Revisited: From The Bay of New York to The Gulf of Mexico, published 1886

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In the realm of chaos and uncertainty, panic takes hold like a raging storm. It transcends time and space, gripping the hearts of individuals in various settings throughout history. From the tumultuous Wall Street to the blood-soaked Battle of Somme in WW1, panic knows no boundaries. As Bulls and Bears clash on Wall Street's stage, their fierce battle ignites fear among investors. William H. Beard's allegorical painting captures this momentous struggle that can send markets spiraling into turmoil at any given moment. The deafening roar of cannons reverberates through the trenches during the Battle of Somme. Panic seizes soldiers as they face imminent danger with every step forward. Lives are lost, dreams shattered, all amidst an atmosphere thick with terror. Even a routine visit to the dentist can become a cause for panic when humorist H. M Bateman weaves his magic in a cartoon masterpiece titled "Cause & Effect. " The exaggerated expressions on patients' faces mirror our own anxieties when faced with dental procedures. Nature too has its way of instilling dread within us; Mt. Vesuvius erupts violently, spewing ash and molten lava upon Pompeii in 79 AD. The Great Eruption leaves behind frozen moments of sheer panic forever preserved beneath layers of volcanic debris. H. M Bateman strikes again with "The Voice that filled Albert Hall, " capturing an audience gripped by hysteria as they listen to an awe-inspiring performance unfold before them. Panic spreads like wildfire through their veins as emotions run wild under music's enchanting spell. Amidst war-torn London during Blitz bombings, an ARP warden emerges as a beacon of hope rescuing a young girl from wreckage - bravery amid chaos that offers solace amidst despair-filled nights where panic threatens to consume all light. Across troubled Belfast streets in 1920, riots ignite flames fueled by religious tensions and political unrest; panic grips communities torn apart by violence, leaving scars that take generations to heal.