Fortune Collection (page 5)

PURSUIT OF FORTUNE
The pursuit of Fortune - a blindfolded man stumbles hopefully after a plump Lady Luck Date: 1902

Napoleon and a fortune-teller
Napoleon, in Egypt, consults a fortune-teller who tells him she sees a great throne alongside a great tomb... Date: circa 1798

The Sun depicted on a Tarot card
The Sun, as depicted on a Tarot card. Date: 1926

The Moon depicted on a Tarot card
The Moon, as depicted on a Tarot card. Date: 1926

Tarot Card 2 - La Papesse (The Female Pope). Date: 20th century

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. Date: 1769 - 1821

Fortune teller in Greenwich Park, south east London 1843
A fortune teller speaks to a young couple in Greenwich Park, south east London. Date: 1843

The Fortune Theatre
The Fortune, opened around 1600 by Philip Henslowe and Edward Alleyn was one of the celebrated and earliest Elizabethan theatres and stood between Whitecross Street and Golding Lane

Waithmans shop
Robert Waithman (1764-1833) was a master draper and British politician. He opened a drapers shop of his own by Ludgate Circus, from which he made a considerable fortune

Percival P. 56 Provost T. Mk. 1 7696M
Percival P.56 Provost T. Mk.1 7698M (msn PAC-56-056), formerly WV493, at RAF Halton for an open day. WV493 was delivered on 28 October 1953, assigned maintenance serial 7696M for use at RAF Halton

Fortune Tellers Caravan - Romany Rose. Date: circa 1930s

Name Postcard - Jennie Date: circa 1909

Stylised illustration depicting Fortune and Mercury
Stylised illustration depicting Fortune bearing an overflowing cornucopia and Mercury, the winged messenger god. The Vienna Secession was an art movement formed in 1897 by a group of Austrian artists

Palmistry - Belot
Schematic representation of the left hand, as perceived by Jean BELOT, Cure de Mil-Monts, French chiromancer and practitioner of other magical and divinatory arts Date: 1611

Old Bill at Madame Cheerios, by Bairnsfather
Old Bill at Madame Cheerios " You are shortly going on a journey across a field; an ugly man with a square head will cross your path; you will then hear a loud noise

Fortune Telling on Christmastide
Two Russian girls Fortune Telling on Christmastide. Date: 1888

The Map of the Hand
Palmistry : The Map of the Hand. Date: 1960s

Oracle of Delphi
The ORACLE OF DELPHI, in a trance, utters prophecies which are taken down by a secretary

SPURINA Roman haruspex who warned Julius Caesar to beware the Ides of March

Crystal Gazing
A client gazes into the crystal in search of revelations about her future destiny

Tarot Card 15 - Le Diable (The Devil). Date: 20th century

Tarot Card - Cavalier de Baton (Knight of Clubs)

Tarot Card - Reyne de Baton (Queen of Clubs)

Tarot Card - Valet de Baton (Page of Clubs)

Tarot Card - Valet de Coupe (Page of Cups)

Tarot Card - Cavalier de Coupe (Knight of Cups)

Tarot Card - Reyne de Coupe (Queen of Cups)

Tarot Card - Roy d Epee (King of Swords)

Tarot Card - Valet d Epee (Page of Swords)

Tarot Card - Cavalier d Epee (Knight of Swords)

Tarot Card - Reyne d Epee (Queen of Swords)

Tarot Card - Cavalier de Deniers (Knight of Coins)

Tarot Card - Valet de Deniers (Page of Coins)

Tarot Card - Roy de Deniers (King of Coins)

Tarot Card 14 - La Temperance (Temperance)

Tarot Card 7 - Le Chariot (The Chariot)

Tarot Card 5 - Le Pape (The Pope)

Tarot Card 3 - L Imperatrice (The Empress)

Palmistry chart by Cheiro
A palmistry chart of the hand by Cheiro (Count Louis Hamon, 1866-1936), with lines and annotations

Pair of dice with comic verse on a Christmas card
Pair of dice with comic verse on a Christmas and New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Christmas card in the shape of an apple -- Under the rind my wish you ll find, May Christmas be bright and Fortune kind. circa 1890s

Pierrot has good luck and bad
Heurs et Malheurs de Calino-Pierrot (Gluck und Ungluck des guten Michels) -- a Pierrot character experiencing good and bad luck in various situations. (2 of 2) 19th century

The Young Fortune Tellers, by Sir Joshua Reynolds, depicting Lord Henry John Spencer (1770-1795), later a British diplomat and politician, and Lady Charlotte Spencer (later Charlotte Nares)

Caravaggio (1573-1610). Italian painter. The Fortune Teller. 1596-1597. Oil on canvas. Museum of Louvre. Paris. France

Wheel of Fortune. Miniature, 15th century. France
Wheel of Fortune or Rota Fortuane. Concept in medieval and anceint philosophy referring to the capricious nature of Fate. Miniature, 15th century. France

Laberinto de Fortuna (Labyrinh of Fortunes), by Juan de Mena
Juan de Mena (1411-1456). Spanish poet. Labyrinth of Fortune, or The Three Hundred, 1444. Edition in 1566, Alcala de Hernares. Poem CXXXVI

Spain. Barcelona. Porxos d en Xifr?. Detail reliefs
Spain. Barcelona. Porxos d en Xifr?. Edifice neo-classical build commanded by Josep Xifr? i Cases. 1836. It was named Porxos after the long arcades encircling the buildings. Detail relief

Apple Peel Fortune
THE DIVINING PEEL A girl peels an apple to learn from the pattern it makes what the future holds in store for her Date: 1857

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