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HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, 1845Engraving showing HMS Erebus (left) and HMS Terror, pictured on the River Thames, 1845. In 1845 the British Admiralty sent two polar exploration ships, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror
Captain Francis Crozier of HMS Terror, 1845Engraving of Captain Francis Crozier (1796-1848) of HMS Terror, pictured shortly before departing on the ill-fated Franklin Arctic expedition of 1845
Captain Sir John Franklin (1786-1847)Engraving of Captain Sir John Franklin in his Royal Navy uniform, pictured shortly before departing on his ill-fated Arctic expedition of 1845
Fortuna by Ernest BoardPainting depicting a blindfolded woman playing a fateful game of cards. Date: 1911
The Enterprise and Investigator surrounded by ice, BarroEngraving showing the Enterprise and Investigator surrounded by pack ice in Barrows Straits, September 1849. These two ships were used by Sir James Clark Rosss Expedition of 1848-1849 to search
The End of Sir John Franklins Arctic Expedition, 1845Engraving showing the end of Sir John Franklins ill-fated Arctic expedition of 1845, entitled They Forged the last link with their lives. This engraving was taken from a painting by W
Tarot Card 10 - La Roue de Fortune (The Wheel of Fortune)
Sleeping Beauty by Arthur RackhamPrincess Briar Rose, aka Sleeping Beauty turns a key in the lock of a door, where she is about to meet the wicked old fairy, whose spindle will prick her finger sending her, and the royal household
Ufos / Fate Cover 1958This UFO, resembling an electric light bulb, is seen over San Francisco by D Bruce Berry and Marion Shepherd
Anti-Communist CardDEIN LOS UNTER DEM SOVIET SYSTERN - your fate under the Soviet system - you and your family will be driven from your burning home to Siberia
Accident- Snow from RoofA REGULAR DAMPER - AND NO MISTAKE Having left an exhibition on Swiss avalanches a tatty man suffers a similar fate courtesy of a roof clearer !
Fortune Telling 1810Two ladies inquire about their destinies at a fortune teller
Wheel of Fortune on a tarot cardThe Wheel of Fortune, as depicted on a tarot card. Date: 1926
Palmistry. Planetary and zodiacal diagram of the left hand. Engraving
The Lottery, by William Hogarth Date: 1724
Advert, Reading the Tea Leaves, Mazawattee Tea Co, London Date: 1894
2nd Century BC Acropolis Altar Ancient Age Antiquity2nd, century, BC, Acropolis, altar, ancient, age, antiquity, Aphrodite, Architecture, Art, Asia, Minor, battle, Berlin, death, Detail, Dione, Eros, Eumenes, II, Soter, fate, fight, fighter, Frieze
Ww1 Wwi World War One First 1st Great I Deathww1, wwi, world, war, one, first, 1st, great, i, death, mounted, horse, sounding, horn, trumpet, battle, field, ground, french, soldiers, troops, army, trench, trenches, warfare, satire, satirical
Last Voyage Explorer Adventurer Discovery Northlast, voyage, explorer, adventurer, discovery, north, west, passage, america, arctic, ice, icebergs, fateful, fate, certain, death, open, boat, cast, aderift, abandoned, young, son, crew, henry
Time, the Kaiser's deadliest foe! Woe betide him if he gets behind the clock. The picture shows what awaits him there
Churchill, Truman and Stalin at the Potsdam ConferenceBritish Prime Minister Winston Churchill (1874-1965), American President Harrys Truman (1884-1972) and Soviet Prime Minister Joseph Stalin (1878-1953)
Satirical cartoon, A Senatus Consultum. Napoleon is making his will and consulting the Devil about his fate. The Devil carries a flaming plaque: Death Bonaparte Death'
LIFE-IN-DEATH WINSLife-in-Death dices with Death himself to decide the fate of the sailors; Life-in-Death wins the Mariner alone The game is done! I've won, I've won! Date: First published: 1798
Documents written in blood are considered exceptionally bind- -ing, as Faust will discover when Mephistopheles requires him to fulfil his side of their contract Date: 1506
CONFUCIUS (551 - 479 BC)CONFUCIUS Chinese philosopher The symbolic death of a mysterious unicorn whose fate is linked with his Date: 551 - 479 BC
Subsidence of Waterloo Bridge by G. H. Davis 1924Subsidence of Waterloo Bridge. Date: 1924
Inquiring of the Incident Officer concerning relatives fateInquiring of the Incident Officer concerning the fate of relatives. Date: circa 1941
Music cover, The Fats Waller Album of favourite songs and piano transcriptions. 1935
Music cover, Fate Valse by Horatio NichollsMusic cover, Fate Valse (Waltz) by Horatio Nicholls
Confession of Japanese PenitentsConfession of Japanese penitents ( a person repenting their sins). If the penitents fail to make a proper confession, the priest causes the balance to project them down the mountainside. Date: 1844
Double-page spread from Napoleons Book of Fate showing the trial of destiny. Date: 19th Century
Dr Syntax witnessing the fate of his play (at Drury Lane Theatre, London). Date: 1820
Pergamon Altar. Probably goddess Nyx or one of the Erinyes hPergamon Altar. Built by order of Eumenes II Soter. 164-156 BC by artists of the school of Pergamon. Marble and limestone. North frieze
Brewster F2A Buffalo -big and heavy, the RAFs Buffalos suffered the same inglorious fate as that of their US and Dutch conterparts at the hands of the Japanese
William Ernest HenleyWILLIAM ERNEST HENLEY writer - It matters not how strait the gate, how charged with punishments the scroll, I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul ! Date: 1849 - 1903
Cannibalism - Humorous postcard - Fiji - Doctor to be eatenCannibalism - Humorous postcard - Fiji - Western Doctor, investigating the Culinary Habits of the Cannibal Islands is himself about to become the entrea.. Date: circa 1910s
Wheel of Fortune. Miniature, 15th century. FranceWheel of Fortune or Rota Fortuane. Concept in medieval and anceint philosophy referring to the capricious nature of Fate. Miniature, 15th century. France
Pergamon Altar. Probably the twins Castor and PolluxPergamon Altar. Built by order of Eumenes II Soter. 164-156 BC by artists of the school of Pergamon. Marble and limestone. North frieze. Probably the twins Castor and Pollux
Pergamon Altar. Orion and EnyoPergamon Altar. Built by order of Eumenes II Soter. 164-156 BC by artists of the school of Pergamon. Marble and limestone. North frieze. Orion and Enyo. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany
Pergamon Altar. The three Moirai, goddesses of fate, kill thPergamon Altar. Built by order of Eumenes II Soter. 164-156 BC by artists of the school of Pergamon. Marble and limestone. North frieze
Fate by Hermann Ernst Freund (1786-1840). 1833Hermann Ernst Freund (1786-1840). Danish sculptor. Fate, 1833. Detail. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek Museum. Copenhagen. Denmark
Italian Military Poster, WW1Fate tutti il vostro dovere! (Everyone do your duty.) Colour photolithograph published by the British Library, 1981. Reproduces an Italian home front poster designed by Mauzan
Fleet of warships, Bikini target, by G. H. DavisThe original Bikini Atoll target: the fleet of more than 70 warships at anchor in the lagoon awaiting their fate. The fleet included famous American and ex-enemy warships, most of which
Mareth Line, Tunisia, by G. H. DavisA large-scale contour map of the complicated Mareth Line in Tunisia, North Africa, where General Montgomery stated that the enemys fate would be decided
Vicar captured by CannibalsShakespeare Up to Date ! Quote from Pericles - Act IV. Sc. 2: " If you require a little space for prayer, I grant it
WW1 recruitment poster with silhouetteWorld War One recruitment poster with silhouette -- The Thin Khaki Line Keeps the Fate of Belgium from Your Hearth and Home, Get into Khaki Now! Showing a determined soldier with a bayoneted rifle
Roman Bull SacrificedA bull, seemingly aware of its imminent fate, is led by Roman priests to the sacrifice