Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Claimed Spirit Portrait of W. T. Stead
A seated woman looks towards a pale oval containing the head of a bearded man. The two faces occupy the same dark photographic field. The printed caption identifies the image as a psychic photograph of W. T. Stead given at Crewe in 1915, preserving the publication’s claim about the apparition.
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Citation
Photographer not identified. "The Claimed Spirit Portrait of W. T. Stead" [editorial title]. In The Blue Island: Experiences of a New Arrival Beyond the Veil, Communicated by W. T. Stead; recorded by Pardoe Woodman and Estelle Stead; letter by Arthur Conan Doyle. London: Hutchinson & Co.; third edition, undated title., undated edition, Hutchinson & Co.. Source scan leaf 10. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0418-0003
Source details
- The Blue Island: Experiences of a New Arrival Beyond the Veil
- The historical psychic photograph associated with W. T. Stead
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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The Blue Island: Experiences of a New Arrival Beyond the VeilCommunicated by W. T. Stead; recorded by Pardoe Woodman and Estelle Stead; letter by Arthur Conan DoyleUndated editionRelated illustrations
Cite this illustration
Photographer not identified. The Claimed Spirit Portrait of W. T. Stead. The Blue Island: Experiences of a New Arrival Beyond the Veil. Scan leaf 10. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0418-0003