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Chronicles of Spirit Photography

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Chronicles of Spirit Photography

Georgiana Houghton

About this book

Georgiana Houghton’s illustrated 1882 account of spirit photography, published under the name Miss Houghton. Its photographs and spiritualist interpretations are preserved as historical source material.

Cite this edition

Georgiana Houghton, published as Miss Houghton. Chronicles of Spirit Photography. Inspected E.W.Allen London1882 title, Miss Houghton attribution and Georgiana Houghton prefatory signature, historical photographic plates and narrative. Historical spiritualist claims are presented as the author’s account, not independent verification. E. W. Allen. 1882. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/books/chronicles-of-spirit-photography

Subjects: Spirits & the Afterlife, Art & Illustration, Consciousness & Psychic Phenomena, Spiritualism, Mediumship, Photography, Psychical Research, Psychic Photography
First published: Not yet verified
Edition year: 1882
Publisher: E. W. Allen

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Illustrations from this book

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Nine numbered photographs arrange seated sitters beside pale draped forms. — Chronicles of Spirit PhotographySource scan leaf 8

Pale standing forms appear beside seated women and men in a nine-part photographic plate. — Chronicles of Spirit PhotographySource scan leaf 51

Nine dark studio views place pale draped figures beside or behind the sitters. — Chronicles of Spirit PhotographySource scan leaf 101

Oval portrait frames break the regular grid of this nine-image montage. — Chronicles of Spirit PhotographySource scan leaf 151

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