Concept that defines the experience of notably positive, negative, or improbable events
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Fortune
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Five people on a terrace above steps, with a dog; the personification of fortune below; representing proverbs (?). Etching and mezzotint by F. Bartolozzi after Annibale Carracci.
Carracci, Annibale, 1560-1609.Date: [1765]Reference: 2497884i- Pictures
The wheel of Fortune, showing the rise and fall of European powers. Etching and letterpress, ca. 1689.
Date: [1689?]Reference: 2136945i- Books
Risk and luck in medical ethics / Donna Dickenson.
Dickenson, Donna.Date: [2003], ©2003
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Ascending and descending: (above) people in a balloon; (below) people seated in a rotunda around a pool and in danger of falling into the water. Etching by George Cruikshank, 1842.
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.Date: [1842]Reference: 32501i- Books
Darwin's luck : chance and fortune in the life and work of Charles Darwin / Patrick H. Armstrong.
Armstrong, Patrick, 1941-Date: 2009