Art, Symbol & Imagination
Spirit Photography: Contrasting Poses and Pale Forms
The fifth plate brings together figures seated at small tables, a central portrait and pale draped forms. Several sitters look towards the camera while other bodies turn or lean across the composition. The numbered arrangement makes these different poses part of Houghton’s extended photographic testimony.
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Photographer not identified. "Spirit Photography: Contrasting Poses and Pale Forms" [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 201. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0291-0194
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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: Draped Forms and Seated Sitters
Spirit Photography: Figures beside the SittersRelated illustrations
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Photographer not identified. Spirit Photography: Contrasting Poses and Pale Forms. Chronicles of Spirit Photography. Scan leaf 201. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0291-0194