Telling Collection (page 7)

Palmistry / Young Lady
A young lady learns what her hand reveals about her future prospects

Oracle on her Tripod
The Oracle on her tripod, inhaling the fumes which will put her into an altered state and enable her to utter her inspired predictions

Hens Thrown in Sea
During Punic War Two Roman admiral Claudius Pulcher, when the sacred hens used for divination won t drink, has them thrown into sea : his men lose morale, lose the battle

News from the War
Citizens of St Petersburg read notices posted on walls, telling them how the war with Japan is going

Fortune Teller & Bird
A fortune-teller on a London street with her fortune- telling little birds

Fortune in Cards
Fortune-telling using cards

Fortune Acclaimed
Frontispiece of The English Fortune Teller, showing Fortune acclaimed by one and all, including the Pope and clergy

Telling Fairy Tales 1
Grandmama leaves off her spinning and sits by a roaring fire, telling tales to the children

Puss in Boots - 4
Puss stands before the King and Queen, telling them tall stories about his master, the supposed Marquis de Carabas

Palmists Advert
Advertisement for a French fortune teller, working with palmistry and the cards

HIRTIA, Egyptian seer, daughter of Sesostris, priestess of Serapis who foretold Egyptian victories

Hellespontic Sibyl
The Hellespontic Sibyl

Libyan Sibyl
THE LIBYAN SIBYL

Samian Sibyl
THE SAMIAN SIBYL

Phrygian Sibyl
THE PHRYGIAN SIBYL

Tiburtine Sibyl
THE TIBURTINE SIBYL

Erythraean Sibyl
The Erythraean Sibyl

BRANCHUS - a Greek priest of Apollo, a seer who possessed oracular powers

TAGES, who as a boy had the wisdom of an old man, and instructed the Etruscans in the art of augury

Epirotic Sibyl
THE EPIROTIC SIBYL

TELEMUS, son of Poseidon, a Greek seer best known for his predictions concerning the career of Odysseus

IAPYX, a reputed augur and seer of Apulia (Italy)

Cumaean Sibyl
THE CUMAEAN SIBYL

PROTEUS, a Greek sea god who possessed the gift of prophecy, but changed his shape to avoid being questioned

Persian Sibyl
THE PERSIAN SIBYL

MOPSUS, Greek soothsayer of Apollo who defeated his rival Calchas in a trial of skill, later became king of Mallus in Cilicia, and died fighting Amphilocus

Cuman Sibyl
THE CUMAEAN SIBYL

ASYLAS, an Etruscan augur who drew prophecies from entrails (he has a dish of them !) but also from stars, comets and meteors

ARUNS, a noted haruspex or augur of Etruria

Egyptian Sibyl
THE EGYPTIAN SIBYL

Lampusian Sibyl
THE LAMPUSIAN SIBYL

THYODAMAS Greek doctor, soothsayer and augur, son of Melampus

Sibyl of Thessaly
The Sibyl of Thessaly

Delphic Sibyl
THE SIBYL OF DELPHI

Iron Age Story Telling
A domestic interior of the Iron Age where the head of the family gathers everyone together round the fire to hear about his travels

Fortune (Allegorical)
An allegorical representation of Fortune in black and white costume being pursued by man

Too few Loos
TOO FEW LOOS Its all very well telling us not to deposit ordure in the street - but where else should we deposit it ?

Reading the Tarot cards

Story Telling, Norway
In a peasant home, an old countrywoman holds her hearers entranced with her folktales and stories of times gone by

Female Type / Naughty
A smiling young American woman tells someone off, in the nicest possible way of course, for being naughty

Crystal Ball / Bride
A gentleman sees his bride-to- be in a crystal ball

Reading Cards in Bed
A girl in bed and her visiting friend study what the cards have to tell them

Party of people picnicking at Henley Regatta
A party of people picnicking at the Henley Royal Regatta, an annual rowing event held on the River Thames near the town of Henley-on-Thames, South Oxfordshire

Reading the Tea Leaves
Fortune teller, reading tea leaves

Gipsy reading a palm
A gipsy reading the palm of a shy girl

God and Abraham
Page from a French Bible history, showing God telling Abraham what he is to do

Ms - C15 French Abraham
page from a French Bible history, showing God telling Abraham what he is to do

Joseph Reveals Himself
He reveals his identity to his brothers, telling them how he has made good in Egypt

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