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Background imageFortune Collection: Hermes Trismegistus

Hermes Trismegistus
The messenger of the gods, but here as HERMES TRISMEGISTUS (= thrice-greatest), perceived by Neoplatonists as the presiding deity of alchemy, possessing magical and oracular powers

Background imageFortune Collection: Palmistry map of the hand

Palmistry map of the hand
A palmistry map of the hand, labelling the different areas

Background imageFortune Collection: Tarot Card 18 - La Lune (The Moon)

Tarot Card 18 - La Lune (The Moon)
The Moon, as depicted on a Tarot card

Background imageFortune Collection: Tarot Card 19 - Le Soleil (The Sun)

Tarot Card 19 - Le Soleil (The Sun)
The Sun, as depicted on a Tarot card

Background imageFortune Collection: Selection of tarot cards from traditional Marseille pack

Selection of tarot cards from traditional Marseille pack
A selection of tarot cards from the traditional Marseille pack. (1 of 2)

Background imageFortune Collection: Writing / Shorthand Pitman

Writing / Shorthand Pitman
Shorthand writing: an example of Pitmans system, boasting that Fortune magazine has gained over 100, 000 subscribers in five short years

Background imageFortune Collection: Selection of tarot cards from traditional Marseille pack

Selection of tarot cards from traditional Marseille pack
A selection of tarot cards from the traditional Marseille pack. (2 of 2)

Background imageFortune Collection: Gypsy Lee, the fortune teller

Gypsy Lee, the fortune teller
Sketches of Gypsy life: a camp near Latimer Road near Notting Hill showing Gypsy Lee, the fortune teller at the Devils Dyke

Background imageFortune Collection: Tarot Card 11 - La Force (Strength)

Tarot Card 11 - La Force (Strength)

Background imageFortune Collection: The Ladder of Fortune

The Ladder of Fortune. Industry and Morality bring solid rewards. Idle schemes and speculations yield poverty and ruin. Date: 1875

Background imageFortune Collection: Suffragette Demonstration Rally Hyde Park

Suffragette Demonstration Rally Hyde Park
The Great Suffragette Demonstration held on 23rd July 1910. banners held aloft include Fortune Favours The Brave, Arise Go Forth & Conquer and the Emmeline Pankhurst banner. Date: 23rd July 1910

Background imageFortune Collection: Fra Angelico (1387-1455). The Coronation of the Virgin

Fra Angelico (1387-1455). The Coronation of the Virgin
Fra Angelico (1387-1455). Tuscan painter of early Renaissance, part of the Florentine school. The Coronation of the Virgin. 15th Century. Louvre Museum. Paris. France

Background imageFortune Collection: Shakespeare Exhibition at Earls Court, London

Shakespeare Exhibition at Earls Court, London
Londons great attraction: what to see in Shakespeares England. How to find and identify the chief reconstructions of old Tudor buildings at Earls Court. Date: 1912

Background imageFortune Collection: Fortuna by Ernest Board

Fortuna by Ernest Board
Painting depicting a blindfolded woman playing a fateful game of cards. Date: 1911

Background imageFortune Collection: Golders Green

Golders Green
Temple Fortune Date: 1920s

Background imageFortune Collection: Fridays Child by May Bowley

Fridays Child by May Bowley. A fortune-telling song telling a childs character or future based on the day they were born and help young children remember the days the week. Date: circa 1903

Background imageFortune Collection: Nursery Rhyme - Three Little Pigs

Nursery Rhyme - Three Little Pigs
The Tale of the three little pigs and the big bad wolf. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Background imageFortune Collection: Oracle of Zeus, Dodona

Oracle of Zeus, Dodona
ZEUS / JUPITER DODONEUS whose oracle at Dodona was the oldest in Greece : the prophecies came from the sacred oak, which is depicted here as having human form

Background imageFortune Collection: Tarot Card 19 - Le Soleil (The Sun)

Tarot Card 19 - Le Soleil (The Sun)

Background imageFortune Collection: Tarot Card 10 - La Roue de Fortune (The Wheel of Fortune)

Tarot Card 10 - La Roue de Fortune (The Wheel of Fortune)

Background imageFortune Collection: Delphi Oracle

Delphi Oracle
THE ORACLE OF DELPHI entranced

Background imageFortune Collection: Justice as depicted on a Tarot card

Justice as depicted on a Tarot card
Comtesse de Segur, nee Sophie Rostopchine, French writer, born in Russia, best known for Les Malheurs de Sophie, first published 1859

Background imageFortune Collection: Tarot Card - As d Epee (Ace of Swords)

Tarot Card - As d Epee (Ace of Swords)

Background imageFortune Collection: Tarot Card 12 - Le Pendu (The Hanged Man)

Tarot Card 12 - Le Pendu (The Hanged Man)

Background imageFortune Collection: Tarot Card 11 - La Force (Strength)

Tarot Card 11 - La Force (Strength)

Background imageFortune Collection: Tarot Card 9 - L Ermite (The Hermit)

Tarot Card 9 - L Ermite (The Hermit)

Background imageFortune Collection: Tarot Card 22 - Le Fou (The Fool)

Tarot Card 22 - Le Fou (The Fool)
Tarot Card 22 - Le Fou or Le Mat (The Fool)

Background imageFortune Collection: Tarot Card 6 - L'Amoureux (The Lover or Lovers)

Tarot Card 6 - L'Amoureux (The Lover or Lovers). Date: 20th century

Background imageFortune Collection: Tarot Card 21 - Le Monde (The World)

Tarot Card 21 - Le Monde (The World). Date: 20th century

Background imageFortune Collection: Death personified on a Tarot card

Death personified on a Tarot card
Death personified as a skeleton with a scythe on a Tarot card

Background imageFortune Collection: Typewriter Keys / Fortune

Typewriter Keys / Fortune
Typewriter keys on the cover of a magazine

Background imageFortune Collection: Padstow Hobby Horse

Padstow Hobby Horse
ENGLAND: PADSTOW HOBBY HORSE: From midnight 30 April-1 May Oss, teaser & attendants dance through the streets. Any who dance with Oss will be blessed with good fortune

Background imageFortune Collection: Norton I / American Royal

Norton I / American Royal
JOSHUA " EMPEROR" NORTON I Claimant to the imperial throne of North America (1859); he made a fortune in real-estate speculation

Background imageFortune Collection: Lenormand - Europa

Lenormand - Europa
Grand Jeu De Mlle. De Lenormand Europa

Background imageFortune Collection: French Palmistry Manual

French Palmistry Manual
L ART DE LIRE DANS LES LIGNES DE LA MAIN ( The art of reading the lines of the hand ) - a popular French manual

Background imageFortune Collection: Tarot Card Fool 17C

Tarot Card Fool 17C
TAROT LE FOU (The Fool)

Background imageFortune Collection: Tarot Card 13 - La Mort (Death)

Tarot Card 13 - La Mort (Death)

Background imageFortune Collection: Oracle of Jupiter-Ammon

Oracle of Jupiter-Ammon
ZEUS/JUPITER AMMON - the Libyan/Egyptian form of the god, who had a famous oracle at the oasis of Siwwa, Libya

Background imageFortune Collection: Clairvoyant

Clairvoyant
BEVERLY CRAIG, a present-day clairvoyant, tells you your fortune with the aid of her Osiris board

Background imageFortune Collection: Gypsy & Crystal Ball

Gypsy & Crystal Ball
A Gypsy fortune teller gazes deeply into a crystal ball. Other tools of divination are nearby, the drained teacup for reading the tea leaves, and a pack of cards for the tarot

Background imageFortune Collection: Tarot Card - Reyne de Deniers (Queen of Coins)

Tarot Card - Reyne de Deniers (Queen of Coins)

Background imageFortune Collection: Tarot Card 8 - La Justice (Justice)

Tarot Card 8 - La Justice (Justice)

Background imageFortune Collection: Tarot Card 4 - L Empereur (The Emperor)

Tarot Card 4 - L Empereur (The Emperor)

Background imageFortune Collection: Tarot card 1 -- Le Bateleur (The Juggler)

Tarot card 1 -- Le Bateleur (The Juggler)
Tarot card 1 -- Le Bateleur (The Magician, Magus or Juggler)

Background imageFortune Collection: Tuesdays Child by May Bowley

Tuesdays Child by May Bowley. A fortune-telling song telling a childs character or future based on the day they were born and help young children remember the days the week. Date: circa 1903

Background imageFortune Collection: HELENUS

HELENUS Trojan soothsayer, son of Priam and Hecuba, later king of Epirus

Background imageFortune Collection: Druidess / Vercingetorix

Druidess / Vercingetorix
A Druidess of the Ile de Sayne reveals the destiny of Gaul to Vercingetorix, who leads his countrymen to defeat by the Romans Date: circa 60 BC

Background imageFortune Collection: Poster for the Ulster Tourist Development Association

Poster for the Ulster Tourist Development Association
Poster for Ulster, Northern Ireland -- glorious holidays foretold

Background imageFortune Collection: The Whityngton Stone, Holloway, London, 1854

The Whityngton Stone, Holloway, London, 1854
Engraving showing the Whityngton Stone, a memorial to Sir Richard Whittington (1358-1423), London, 1854

Background imageFortune Collection: Fortune Teller 1950S

Fortune Teller 1950S
A fortune teller reads a mans fortune for him by candlelight, using a pack of ordinary playing cards

Background imageFortune Collection: Love / Friendship / Hands

Love / Friendship / Hands
Friendship: I value no gift that Good Fortune may send, Like the grip of the hand of a dear true Friend

Background imageFortune Collection: Jeremiah or George Wombwell

Jeremiah or George Wombwell (1777 - 1850), English zoo owner, who achieved fame and fortune with Wombwell's Travelling Menagerie, pictured shortly before his death. Date: 1850

Background imageFortune Collection: Advert for Caleys chocolates 1941

Advert for Caleys chocolates 1941
Chocolate is scarce -but Caleys make the best of it! Young woman holding a box of Fortune chocolates 1941

Background imageFortune Collection: Fortune flying through the sky on the wheel

Fortune flying through the sky on the wheel
Fortune, sprinkling a cornucopia of money and flowers on the lucky, is transported across the clouds atop the Wheel of Fortune.... Date: circa 1902

Background imageFortune Collection: TROPHONIUS

TROPHONIUS, architect of the Temple of Apollo at Delphi, subsequently had his own oracle at Lebadeia, Boeotia (Greece)

Background imageFortune Collection: Lenormand - Fates

Lenormand - Fates
Grand Jeu De Mlle. De Lenormand the Fates

Background imageFortune Collection: Graphology Manual

Graphology Manual
GRAPHOLOGIE French manual by Dr Cornelius Ruys on the study of handwriting

Background imageFortune Collection: Tarot Card 10 - La Roue de Fortune (The Wheel of Fortune)

Tarot Card 10 - La Roue de Fortune (The Wheel of Fortune)

Background imageFortune Collection: Tarot Card 9 - L Ermite (The Hermit)

Tarot Card 9 - L Ermite (The Hermit)

Background imageFortune Collection: Egyptian Fortune Teller

Egyptian Fortune Teller
Egyptian street fortune teller has two women engrossed in his soothsaying

Background imageFortune Collection: French Cartomancy Book

French Cartomancy Book
Comment se tirer les cartes soi-meme (How to interpret the cards yourself) - a French popular manual by Madame Athena

Background imageFortune Collection: Lady with Crystal Ball

Lady with Crystal Ball
Thanks to her crystal ball, actress Patience Seymour can see more

Background imageFortune Collection: London / Monmouth House

London / Monmouth House
Soho Square : the duke of Monmouths imposing town house which endured several changes of fortune before being demolished in 1773

Background imageFortune Collection: Ship of Good Fortune

Ship of Good Fortune
The Ship of Good Fortune carries the seven Gods of Fortune; it is to be found in countless Japanese homes, for between them they take care of all lifes troubles

Background imageFortune Collection: Reading Palm Left

Reading Palm Left
A gipsy reads a palm - the left hand Theres happy days in store for you

Background imageFortune Collection: Walker at Trujillo

Walker at Trujillo
American soldier of fortune William Walker lands at Trujillo, Honduras : captured by British, he is handed to Honduras authorities who shoot him by firing squad 12 Sept

Background imageFortune Collection: Sloe Gin Ad / Fortune / 1935

Sloe Gin Ad / Fortune / 1935
Advertisement for old Mr.Boston slow gin - drop everything and try it

Background imageFortune Collection: Reading the Cards

Reading the Cards
French manual on how to tell fortunes with playing cards

Background imageFortune Collection: Young Napoleon has his fortune told by a gipsy

Young Napoleon has his fortune told by a gipsy
The young Napoleon, later Emperor of France, has his fortune told by a gipsy in Corsica

Background imageFortune Collection: Fortune Telling 1810

Fortune Telling 1810
Two ladies inquire about their destinies at a fortune teller

Background imageFortune Collection: Silhouette - Postcard Design

Silhouette - Postcard Design
The fortune teller. Date: 1920s

Background imageFortune Collection: Philip Wharton, Duke of Wharton, 1698-1731

Philip Wharton, Duke of Wharton, 1698-1731. Powerful Jacobite politician, lost his fortune in the South Sea Bubble of 1720. Philip, Duke of Wharton, from an original picture by Charles Jervas

Background imageFortune Collection: Fortuna, Roman goddess of fortune, chance or luck

Fortuna, Roman goddess of fortune, chance or luck. With a gubernaculum (ship's rudder) and cornucopia (horn of plenty). Tyche

Background imageFortune Collection: Figure of Fortuna, the goddess of fortune

Figure of Fortuna, the goddess of fortune and the personification of luck in Roman religion. With cornucopia and gubernaculum or ship's rudder. On emerald and dactylotheca

Background imageFortune Collection: Roman augur's funeral urn and bird cages

Roman augur's funeral urn and bird cages
Urn with snake, which perhaps contained the ashes of an augur, from the Farnese Gardens, Orti Farnesiani 1, cesta augurale or wish basket 2 and gabbia or cage 3 where birds were held for good luck

Background imageFortune Collection: Altar of the goddess Fortuna with cornucopia and bees

Altar of the goddess Fortuna with cornucopia and bees
Altar of Fortuna, Roman goddess of fortune. With cornucopia (horn of plenty) and bees. From an engraved gem in common niccolo. Ara Fortunae Incis in Gemma Vulgo Niccolo

Background imageFortune Collection: Fortuna with cornucopia and gubernaculum

Fortuna with cornucopia and gubernaculum
Figure of Fortuna, Roman goddess of fortune, with cornucopia (horn of plenty) and gubernaculum (ship's rudder). From an engraved cornelian gem. Fortuna. Incis in Corneola

Background imageFortune Collection: Drakelowe Hall, Derbyshire, England

Drakelowe Hall, Derbyshire, England. Large irregular pile that was home to the Gresley Baronets and in the 18th century, Sir Charles des Voeux, 1st Baronet, who made his fortune in India

Background imageFortune Collection: Powis Castle, Montgomeryshire, Wales

Powis Castle, Montgomeryshire, Wales

Background imageFortune Collection: Allegorical procession of the Triumph of Wealth

Allegorical procession of the Triumph of Wealth
The Triumph of Wealth, procession of allegorical figures of the rich. Fortune and Pluto ride a carriage drawn by Avarice, Imposture, Usury, etc

Background imageFortune Collection: Astrologer Jack Adams drawing a horoscope, 17th century

Astrologer Jack Adams drawing a horoscope, 17th century
Astrologer Jack Adams drawing a horoscope for Joan, Queen of Sluts, 17th century. Adams was an astrologer of Clerkenwell in King Charles II's reign

Background imageFortune Collection: Thomas Hudson, 18th century London vagabond

Thomas Hudson, 18th century London vagabond
Thomas Hudson, remarkable for his misfortunes, died 1767. Clerk from Leeds who lost his inherited fortune in the South Sea Bubble in 1720

Background imageFortune Collection: John Elwes, the Remarkable Miser, 18th century

John Elwes, the Remarkable Miser, 18th century
John Elwes, the Remarkable Miser, 1714-1789. Member of Parliament for Berkshire, famous eccentric and miser. Heir to several fortunes and miserly relatives. Lithograph after a stipple engraving by R

Background imageFortune Collection: Pan and Fortune

Pan and Fortune. The Greek god Pan plays cards and dice, games of chance, while the winged figure of Fortune holds a cornucopia and stands on a wheel of fate



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