Art, Symbol & Imagination
Spirit Photography: Draped Forms and Seated Sitters
Pale standing forms appear beside seated women and men in a nine-part photographic plate. Some forms occupy much of the frame, while others rise behind a sitter’s shoulder. The second montage continues Houghton’s numbered sequence of claimed spirit appearances.
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Photographer not identified. "Spirit Photography: Draped Forms and Seated Sitters" [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 51. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0291-0044
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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: The First Nine Images
Spirit Photography: Figures beside the Sitters
Spirit Photography: Oval and Rectangular PortraitsRelated illustrations
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Photographer not identified. Spirit Photography: Draped Forms and Seated Sitters. Chronicles of Spirit Photography. Scan leaf 51. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0291-0044