Concept that defines the experience of notably positive, negative, or improbable events
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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.
Annibale CarracciDate: [1765]Reference: 2497884i- E-books
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Reflections upon what the world commonly call good-luck and ill-luck , With Regard to lotteries. And of the Good Use which may be made of them. Translated from the French, of the Ingenious Mons. Le Clerc.
Le Clerc, Jean, 1657-1736.Date: M.DCC.LVIII. [1758]- 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.
Donna DickensonDate: [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.
George CruikshankDate: [1842]Reference: 32501i