Fortunes Collection

Gardenia, Gardenia jasminoides (Mr. Fortunes gardenia, Gardenia florida var. fortuniana). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Barclay after an illustration by Miss Sarah Drake from Edwards

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

A German custom where walnut shells are floated in a bowl of water, either the walnut comes together or drawn to the side, according to their movements it brings good luck or ill-luck. Date: 1908

Margaret Finchs cottage
View of Margaret Finchs cottage on Gipsy Hill in 1808. She was called Queen of the Gypsies. She died in 1740 and was buried at Beckenham Parish Church where she had for many years sat at the Lych

Cape jasmine, Gardenia jasminoides (Fortunes gardenia, Gardenia florida var. fortuniana). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by G

Lazarillo de Tormes and the blind man bumping into a pillar
Lazarillo de Tormes takes his revenge on the blind beggar by forcing him to bump into a pillar. Church of Santa Maria in Aracoeli in the background

Tossitoku
Tossi- toku (more commonly known as Fukurokuju or Fukurokuziyu) is one of the seven gods of fortune. He is the god of wealth, longevity and happiness. Date: 1731

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

Hanoi, Vietnam - A blind street fortune-teller predicting future fortunes... Date: circa 1910s

From the trenches to poultry pen: Fortunes from Eggs
A page from Fortunes from Eggs, a promotional publication by the Karswood Company, makers of Karswood Poultry Spice. Discharged soldier J.E Rogers, writing in October 1918

Tea leaf fortune telling
A lady explains to a young girl what the tea leaves in her cup reveal about the future. Date: circa 1850

The Life of Lazarillo de Tormes and his Fortunes and Adversities. Spanish anonymous novel first published in 1554. Cover of edition printed in Milan. 1587. Engraving. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona

Olivia Manning (1908 - 1980)
Olivia Manning, British novelist and poet, pictured at her home in St Johns Wood, north London, which she shared with her husband R.D. Reggie Smith

Fortune teller - Constantinople
A female street fortune teller in Constantinople

The combatants cut and slashed with savage fury. Illustration from Jack Ballisters Fortunes by Howard Pyle, first published by The Century Company 1894

Russian soldiers seeking to know the future: A Gispys parakeet telling the mens fortunes at the front

Australian Gold Rush
A new rush, and more people flood in to make their fortunes

Spirit of Willow Tree
SPIRIT OF THE WILLOW TREE emerges to save the fortunes of Gobeis family, telling him there is a chest of gold buried beneath the tree

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