Fate Collection (#7)

Death Comes To The Jew From Der Todten Tanz Or The Dance Of Death Published Basel 1843

Death Comes To The Pedlar Woodcut By Georg Scharffenberg After Hans Holbein The Younger From Der Todten Tanz Or The Dance Of Death Published Basel 1843

Death Comes To The Duchess Woodcut By Georg Scharffenberg From Der Todten Tanz Or The Dance Of Death Published Basel 1843

Death Comes To The Abbess From Der Todten Tanz Or The Dance Of Death Published Basel 1843

Death Comes To The Soldier Woodcut By Georg Scharffenberg After Hans Holbein The Younger From Der Todten Tanz Or The Dance Of Death Published Basel 1843

Death Comes For The Empress After Hans Holbein The Younger From Der Todten Tanz Or The Dance Of Death Published Basel 1843

Death Comes To The Old Man Or The Hermit Woodcut After Hans Holbein The Younger From Der Todten Tanz Or The Dance Of Death Published Basel 1843

Death Comes For The Pope From Der Todten Tanz Or The Dance Of Death Published Basel 1843

Death Comes For The Preacher Woodcut By Georg Scharffenberg After Hans Holbein The Younger From Der Todten Tanz Or The Dance Of Death Published Basel 1843

Death Comes To The Miser Or Usurer Woodcut By Georg Scharffenberg After Hans Holbein The Younger From Der Todten Tanz Or The Dance Of Death Published Basel 1843

Death Comes To The Musician From Der Todten Tanz Or The Dance Of Death Published Basel 1843

Death Comes To The Knight Or Count Woodcut After Hans Holbein The Younger From Der Todten Tanz Or The Dance Of Death Published Basel 1843

Death Comes To The Bishop Woodcut By Georg Scharffenberg After Hans Holbein The Younger From Der Todten Tanz Or The Dance Of Death Published Basel 1843

Death Comes To The Doctor Woodcut By Georg Scharffenberg After Hans Holbein The Younger From Der Todten Tanz Or The Dance Of Death Published Basel 1843

Death Comes To The Merchant Woodcut By Georg Scharffenberg After Hans Holbein The Younger From Der Todten Tanz Or The Dance Of Death Published Basel 1843

Death Comes For The Queen Woodcut By Georg Scharffenberg After Hans Holbein The Younger From Der Todten Tanz Or The Dance Of Death Published Basel 1843

Death Comes For The King From Der Todten Tanz Or The Dance Of Death Published Basel 1843

Death Comes For The Emperor Woodcut By Georg Scharffenberg After Hans Holbein The Younger From Der Todten Tanz Or The Dance Of Death Published Basel 1843

The Last Judgement Loosely Based On Hans Holbein The Younger From Der Todten Tanz Or The Dance Of Death Published Basel 1843

Death Comes To The Cardinal From Der Todten Tanz Or The Dance Of Death Published Basel 1843

Chess Being Played With Little People

Light Streaming Through A Door

Knight, Death, and the Devil, 1513. 1513. Creator: Albrecht Durer
Knight, Death, and the Devil, 1513

The Temptation of Christ. Artist: Repin, Ilya Yefimovich (1844-1930)
The Temptation of Christ. Private Collection

May Day festivities, 1891. Plaiting the maypole at St Mary Cray, London. From The Graphic (9 May 1891)

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

Pergamon Altar. Probably the twins Castor and Pollux
Pergamon 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 Enyo
Pergamon 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 th
Pergamon 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). 1833
Hermann Ernst Freund (1786-1840). Danish sculptor. Fate, 1833. Detail. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek Museum. Copenhagen. Denmark

Italian Military Poster, WW1
Fate 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. Davis
The 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. Davis
A 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 Cannibals
Shakespeare Up to Date ! Quote from Pericles - Act IV. Sc. 2: " If you require a little space for prayer, I grant it

WHEEL OF FORTUNE. An astrological representation of the Wheel of Fortune, depicting Mars in the highest position, but with the sun, Venus, and Mercury on the rise. German woodcut, 1490

WHEEL OF FORTUNE. Woodcut, 1534, by Georg Pencz

WW1 recruitment poster with silhouette
World 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

Death of Archimedes in sack of Syracuse
Death of Archimedes in the sack of Syracuse. The Ancient Greek mathematician, physicst and engineer Archimedes (c.287-c.212 BC) was one of the leading scientists in antiquity

Roman Bull Sacrificed
A bull, seemingly aware of its imminent fate, is led by Roman priests to the sacrifice

Fate Magazine cover, Bridey Murphy in Ireland
Cover of Fate Magazine, depicting Bridey Murphy (alias Ruth Simmons, alias Virginia Tighe) -- the subject of a reincarnation experience visiting Ireland, home of the supposed Bridey Murphy

Items needed to calculate astrological charts, including a calculator, discs showing signs of the zodiac, paper, pen

Esther before Ahasuerus, 1628. Found in the Collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Esther before Ahasuerus. Found in the Collection of Art History Museum, Vienne

Feast in the House of Simon the Pharisee. Private Collection

Satan as a fallen angel. Private Collection

The Feast in the House of Levi. Found in the Collection of Gallerie dell Accademia, Venice

Esther fainting before Ahasuerus, 1730. Found in the collection of Musee du Louvre, Paris

Esther before Ahasuerus, 1894. Artist: Barrias, Felix-Joseph (1822-1907)
Esther before Ahasuerus, 1894. Private Collection

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"Fate: A Journey through Time and Destiny" In the year 1845, two mighty ships, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, set sail on a treacherous voyage into the unknown. Led by Captain Francis Crozier of HMS Terror, they embarked on an Arctic expedition in search of the fabled Northwest Passage. Little did they know that their fate would be sealed amidst icy waters. As if guided by some mystical force, these brave explorers found themselves surrounded by an unforgiving sea of ice. The Enterprise and Investigator were trapped in this frozen prison known as Barrow Strait. It was a chilling reminder that even the mightiest vessels could succumb to nature's wrath. Captain Sir John Franklin himself had envisioned glory and triumph for his Arctic expedition. But alas, destiny had other plans in store for him. His dreams shattered like fragile ice beneath his feet as he faced the harsh reality of failure. Just like a tarot card depicting "La Roue de Fortune" (The Wheel of Fortune), fate spun its wheel relentlessly. It seemed both cruel and capricious - much like Fortuna herself - bestowing fortune upon some while casting others into despair. In this cosmic game of snakes and ladders played out upon life's vast board, one cannot help but wonder about our own destinies. Are we mere pawns at the mercy of unseen forces? Or do we possess agency to shape our own paths? Perhaps it is akin to Rembrandt van Rijn's painting "Christ with Arms Folded, " where divinity meets human vulnerability; where faith intertwines with free will. Like characters from Picasso's "Les Saltimbanques, " we perform our roles upon life's stage – sometimes triumphant, sometimes broken – all under Fate's watchful gaze. Yet amidst this dance between chance and choice lies hope – just as Arthur Rackham captured Sleeping Beauty awakening from her enchanted slumber.