Art, Symbol & Imagination
Spirit Photography: The First Nine Images
Nine numbered photographs arrange seated sitters beside pale draped forms. Repeated studio furniture and differing poses invite comparison across the three rows. Houghton published this first plate as evidence for her spiritualist account; the montage records her presentation of those claims.
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Photographer not identified. "Spirit Photography: The First Nine Images" [editorial title]. In Chronicles of Spirit Photography, Georgiana Houghton, published as Miss Houghton. 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., 1882, E. W. Allen. Source scan leaf 8. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0291-0003
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Editorial title and description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
Reproduced from the exact historical library edition. The surrounding source presents spiritualist or cosmological claims; the image records that publication rather than verifying those claims.
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Chronicles of Spirit PhotographyGeorgiana Houghton, published as Miss Houghton1882More from this book
Spirit Photography: Draped Forms and Seated Sitters
Spirit Photography: Figures beside the Sitters
Spirit Photography: Oval and Rectangular PortraitsRelated illustrations
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Photographer not identified. Spirit Photography: The First Nine Images. Chronicles of Spirit Photography. Scan leaf 8. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0291-0003