Art, Symbol & Imagination
Spirit Photography: The Final Nine Photographs
Three oval pictures interrupt a grid of rectangular studio views. Pale forms appear near the sitters’ heads or extend beside their bodies, while the dark settings emphasise their contrast. This sixth plate completes the book’s sequence of fifty-four miniature photographic reproductions.
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Photographer not identified. "Spirit Photography: The Final Nine Photographs" [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 251. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0291-0244
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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: The Final Nine Photographs. Chronicles of Spirit Photography. Scan leaf 251. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0291-0244