Revealed -- the Easter Bunny outsources.  From Kladderadatsch, 1935.

We get goosebumps and are filled with a humbling sense of wonder no matter how many times we witness the miracle of the birth of an Easter egg.  This is a special illustration because it also shows the magic hat from which the bunny appeared.  From Fliegende Blätter, 1928.

"Eats with his knife when dining privately."  From The Judge, 1918.

"And cast the egg at him."  From Fairy Tales from Afar, of Sven Grundtvig, 1902.

From Popular Mechanics, 1909.

Here are 25,000 eggs in one, from Harmsworth Magazine, 1899.

"In the scrambling-trenches of an egg-arsenal," from The Sketch, 1909.

A rabbit kills and fries a hen's remaining family in front of her, while praising its god.  Date uncertain.

This is how easter eggs get lost in the grass in the first place.  A postcard by Arthur Thiele (World War I era).

A postcard by Arthur Thiele (World War I era).

Standing on eggs.  From Popular Mechanics, 1913.

"An egg marked with a comet."  From Astronomical Myths by John Frederick Blake, 1877.

Here's a precursor to Harry Hill's spoofing of bad television acting involving kitchen disasters, from The Sketch, 1914.