Fate Collection (#9)

Place, Temperance, and Bond of Universal Brotherhood festival, Hartwell, Buckinghamshire, 1851. Artist: Henry Anelay
Place, Temperance, and Bond of Universal Brotherhood festival, Hartwell, Buckinghamshire, 1851. A print from the Illustrated London News, 23rd August 1851

The Melton horse show, judging the hunters, c1880-1940. Artist: Cuthbert Bradley
The Melton horse show, judging the hunters, c1880-1940

Queen Victoria and Prince Albert at a fete, Coburg, Germany, c1840s, (1900). The royal couple at the childrens fete on St Gregorys Day

Fete in celebration of winning the coal on the Rhondda branch of the Taff Vale railway, 1851
Fete in celebration of winning the coal on the Rhondda branch of the Taff Vale railway, Wales, 1851. A print from the Illustrated London News, (23 August 1851)

A village fete in Russia, c1890. An engraving from Robert Browns The Countries of the World, published by Cassell, (London & Paris, c1890)

View on Overschie in Moonlight, 1872. Artist: Jongkind, Johan Barthold (1819-1891)
View on Overschie in Moonlight, 1872. Found in the collection of the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam

Feast in the House of Simon the Pharisee, 1500-1550. Artist: Master of Claude de France (active 1500-1550)
Feast in the House of Simon the Pharisee, 1500-1550. Found in the collection of the The Huntington, California

Esther before Ahasuerus, ca 1730. Artist: Ricci, Sebastiano (1659-1734)
Esther before Ahasuerus, ca 1730. Found in the collection of the National Gallery, London

Feast in the House of Simon the Pharisee, ca 1748. Artist: Tibaldi-Subleyras, Maria Felice (1707-1770)
Feast in the House of Simon the Pharisee, ca 1748. Found in the collection of the Musei Capitolini, Rome

Angels ministering to Christ in the Wilderness. Artist: Rosselli, Matteo (1578-1650)
Angels ministering to Christ in the Wilderness. Found in the collection of the State A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Esther before Ahasuerus, 1478-1480. Artist: Lippi, Filippino (1457-1504)
Esther before Ahasuerus, 1478-1480. Found in the collection of the Musee Conde, Chantilly

Esther before Ahasuerus. Artist: Bigari, Vittorio Maria (1692-1776)
Esther before Ahasuerus

Christ in the Wilderness, Served by Angels, ca 1608. Artist: Carracci, Lodovico (1555-1619)
Christ in the Wilderness, Served by Angels, ca 1608. Found in the collection of the Staatliche Museen, Berlin

Esther before Ahasuerus, Between 1660 and 1670. Artist: Bonatti, Giovanni (1635-1681)
Esther before Ahasuerus, Between 1660 and 1670. Found in the collection of the Musei Capitolini, Rome

Moonlit City Square in Cherbourg, ca 1934. Artist: Le Sidaner, Henri (1862-1939)
Moonlit City Square in Cherbourg, ca 1934. Found in the collection of the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam

Haman Recognizes His Fate (David and Uriah), 1665. Artist: Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn
Haman Recognizes His Fate (David and Uriah), 1665. Rembrandt van Rhijn (1606-1669). Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Person plunges 55 Metres from Portside, Rouen, 1901. Illustration published in, Le Petit Journal, 25th August 1901

The fete for the First-Aid workers, 1901. Illustration published in, Le Petit Journal, 21st July 1901

The barrel fete, Russia, 1901. Illustration published in, Le Petit Journal, 7th April 1901

Fete des etudiants, the village fair of Pantheon, Paris, 1898. Artist: F Meaulle
Fete des etudiants, the village fair of Pantheon, Paris, 1898. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 12th June 1898

The Queen at the Fete in the Forest of St Germain, France, mid-late 19th century, (1887)Artist: William Barnes Wollen
The Queen at the Fete in the Forest of St Germain, France, mid-late 19th century, (1887). Queen Victoria in an open carriage

The float of harmony and peace, national fate, 22 September, France, 1892. Artist: Henri Meyer
The float of harmony and peace, national fate, 22 September, France, 1892. A print from the Le Petit Journal, 24th September 1892

The Wheel of Fortune, 1875-1883. Artist: Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones
The Wheel of Fortune, 1875-1883. Fortune, a goddess in antiquity, or a dame in the Middle Ages, turning her wheel. From the collection of the Musee d Orsay, Paris

Poor little girls!, 1799. Artist: Francisco Goya
Poor little girls!, 1799. Plate 22 of Los caprichos. Los Caprichos were published in 1799 at a time of social repression and economic crisis in Spain

Sacrifice of Iphigenia, 1735. Artist: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Sacrifice of Iphigenia, 1735. Artemis, the Greek goddess of hunting, watches the preparations for the sacrifice of Iphigenia, daughter of Agamemnon, that she has demanded

Haman Recognizes His Fate, c1665. Artist: Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn
Haman Recognizes His Fate, c1665

Etruscan gold bulla showing Medea and the daughters of Pelias, 3rd century BC
Etruscan gold bulla showing Medea and the daughters of Pelias around the fateful cauldron in which Pelias butchered body was placed, 3rd century BC

Illustration of the Triumph of death over chastity from Petrarch, 16th century
Illustration of the Triumph of death over chastity from Petrarch. The three ladies are the fates, Atropos, Lachesis and Clotho, conquering chastity at their feet

Grand Lama consulted on the fate of a child, Tibet, taken from Johann Grueber, an Austrian Jesuit missionary and astronomer who visited China and Tibet in the 1650s. circa 1750

An Oriental Fairy Tale - Goldbeard & the Hand of Fate
Bahama, Golden Beard, holding a Princess captive inside the magic mountain. She will later be rescued and freed from her golden fetters by a Prince who finds a miniature hand of jade. Date: 1929

The Strand Magazine, October 1917, cover
Cover of The Strand Magazine, October 1917, featuring a story by Joseph Conrad and a play called Blood and Iron, the Fate of the Kaiser

The Watchers by Tremator
A beautiful young woman sits at her desk and powders her decolletage as fate and a ghostly figure dressed a Mephistopheles lurk in the shadows watching her - a metaphor on the fleeting passage of

Myanmar - Burmese Fortunetellers. Date: circa 1909

Gladstone in 1881
WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE The good people of Leeds fate him with a torchlight procession... Date: 1881

German Troops 1918
Smart young German soldiers march proudly off to the Western Front to meet their fate. Date: 1918

Captain William Harrison
The first commander of the Great Eastern, Cpt. William Harrisons fate mirrored that of the massive ship under his command, when he drowned in an accident off Southampton Date: circa 1859

Malvina Longfellow, 1915
American actress Malvina Longfellow(1889-1962), pictured in The Bystander in 1915 at the time of her London debut in Lady Levers play The Torches of Fate

German delegates listen to peace terms after WW1
The Fate of the German Empire. The German delegates listen to the reading of the Peace Terms. They are: Dr Melchior; Herr Leinert (President of the Assembly), Dr Landsberg (Minister of Justice)

Suffragette Valentine Card Handcuffs. Depicts a large pair of handcuffs and captioned I ll give you time to think it over! The, Fairest suffragette

Armed against fate and flags by F C Boyle
A man out walking his dog realises the only way he can avoid flag sellers in wartime is to go out blindfolded and with headphones on his ears

Stay! by Charles Robinson
An allegorical picture representing Britannia starting on the path of pleasure and joyousness while fate intervenes and holds her back. Date: 2nd July 1902

KOCK PHOTO
PAUL DE KOCK French humorous writer whose Dutch banker father was guillotined, vowed to laugh at anything fate dished out to him after that. Photo 1870. Date: 1793 - 1871

Kemble as Oedipus
JOHN PHILIP KEMBLE the great classical actor as Sophocles Oedipus challenges Fate to find anyone as wretched as himself. Date: 1757 - 1823

fate evil tongue seven putti stand anvil hammer
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Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae Fate Dirce 1579
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Drawings Prints, Print, Plate 6, Terrible, fate, child, snatched, hell, because, dog
Drawings and Prints, Print, Plate 6: Terrible fate of a child snatched to hell because of a dog, Artist, Jose Guadalupe Posada, Mexican, 1851-1913, Posada, Jose Guadalupe, 1851, 1913, ca

Man Fate Man Taking Refuge Well Inhabited Dragon
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THE FATES. The three Fates, Lachesis, Atropos, and Clotho. Woodcut, 1513, by Hans Baldung Grien

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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.