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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

Background imageFate Collection: Death Comes To The Cardinal 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

Background imageFate Collection: Chess Being Played With Little People

Chess Being Played With Little People

Background imageFate Collection: Light Streaming Through A Door

Light Streaming Through A Door

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

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

Background imageFate Collection: Wheel of Fortune. Miniature, 15th century. 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

Background imageFate Collection: Pergamon Altar. Probably the twins Castor and Pollux

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

Background imageFate Collection: Pergamon Altar. Orion and Enyo

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

Background imageFate Collection: Pergamon Altar. The three Moirai, goddesses of fate, kill th

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

Background imageFate Collection: Fate by Hermann Ernst Freund (1786-1840). 1833

Fate by Hermann Ernst Freund (1786-1840). 1833
Hermann Ernst Freund (1786-1840). Danish sculptor. Fate, 1833. Detail. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek Museum. Copenhagen. Denmark

Background imageFate Collection: Italian Military Poster, WW1

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

Background imageFate Collection: Fleet of warships, Bikini target, by G. H. Davis

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

Background imageFate Collection: Mareth Line, Tunisia, by G. H. Davis

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

Background imageFate Collection: Vicar captured by Cannibals

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

Background imageFate Collection: WHEEL OF FORTUNE. An astrological representation of the Wheel of Fortune, depicting

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

Background imageFate Collection: WHEEL OF FORTUNE. Woodcut, 1534, by Georg Pencz

WHEEL OF FORTUNE. Woodcut, 1534, by Georg Pencz

Background imageFate Collection: WW1 recruitment poster with silhouette

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

Background imageFate Collection: Death of Archimedes in sack of Syracuse

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

Background imageFate Collection: Roman Bull Sacrificed

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

Background imageFate Collection: Fate Magazine cover, Bridey Murphy in Ireland

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

Background imageFate Collection: Items needed to calculate astrological charts, including a calculator

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

Background imageFate Collection: Grand Lama consulted on the fate of a child, Tibet

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

Background imageFate Collection: An Oriental Fairy Tale - Goldbeard & the Hand of Fate

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

Background imageFate Collection: The Strand Magazine, October 1917, cover

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

Background imageFate Collection: The Watchers by Tremator

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

Background imageFate Collection: Myanmar - Burmese Fortunetellers

Myanmar - Burmese Fortunetellers. Date: circa 1909

Background imageFate Collection: Gladstone in 1881

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

Background imageFate Collection: German Troops 1918

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

Background imageFate Collection: Captain William Harrison

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

Background imageFate Collection: Malvina Longfellow, 1915

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

Background imageFate Collection: German delegates listen to peace terms after WW1

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)

Background imageFate Collection: Suffragette Valentine Card Handcuffs

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

Background imageFate Collection: Armed against fate and flags by F C Boyle

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

Background imageFate Collection: Stay! by Charles Robinson

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

Background imageFate Collection: KOCK PHOTO

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

Background imageFate Collection: Kemble as Oedipus

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

Background imageFate Collection: fate evil tongue seven putti stand anvil hammer

fate evil tongue seven putti stand anvil hammer
Artokoloro

Background imageFate Collection: Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae Fate Dirce 1579

Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae Fate Dirce 1579
Artokoloro

Background imageFate Collection: Drawings Prints, Print, Plate 6, Terrible, fate, child, snatched, hell, because, dog

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

Background imageFate Collection: Man Fate Man Taking Refuge Well Inhabited Dragon

Man Fate Man Taking Refuge Well Inhabited Dragon
Artokoloro

Background imageFate Collection: THE FATES. The three Fates, Lachesis, Atropos, and Clotho

THE FATES. The three Fates, Lachesis, Atropos, and Clotho. Woodcut, 1513, by Hans Baldung Grien

Background imageFate Collection: Source Size = 2941 x 2250

Source Size = 2941 x 2250
Election Sketches: the Fate of a Personator, 1880

Background imageFate Collection: Fortune, 1580 (panel)

Fortune, 1580 (panel)
XAM68688 Fortune, 1580 (panel) by Italian School, (16th century); 75x58 cm; Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria; Italian, out of copyright

Background imageFate Collection: The Fates, 1819-23 (oil on canvas)

The Fates, 1819-23 (oil on canvas)
XIR430479 The Fates, 1819-23 (oil on canvas) by Goya y Lucientes, Francisco Jose de (1746-1828); 123 x 266 cm; Prado, Madrid

Background imageFate Collection: The Book of Fate

The Book of Fate
THE BOOK OF FATE

Background imageFate Collection: Lord Tennysons Play of Becket, at the Lyceum Theatre, London, Uk: 1. King Henry

Lord Tennysons Play of Becket, at the Lyceum Theatre, London, Uk: 1. King Henry
LORD TENNYSONs PLAY OF BECKET, AT THE LYCEUM THEATRE, LONDON, UK: 1. King Henry and Rosamund in the Bower. 2. Becket Awaiting his Fate. 3. Rosamund (Miss Ellen Terry). 4. Becket as Chancellor. 5

Background imageFate Collection: The Scots triumph, or a peep behind the curtain, 1768, the entrance to a large building

The Scots triumph, or a peep behind the curtain, 1768, the entrance to a large building furnished with columns, from which heavy curtains are suspended. In the distance is the dome of St

Background imageFate Collection: The vision, engraving 1785, a young man, possibly William Pitt, the younger, being

The vision, engraving 1785, a young man, possibly William Pitt, the younger, being visited by a ghost from the grave, possibly the elder William Pitt




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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.