Art, Symbol & Imagination
Phantom of a Nun: Photograph by Madame Lacombe
A standing figure is wrapped in a long pale veil with a large dark cross on the chest. The face remains partly obscured within the folds. The source captions the photograph Phantom of a Nun and credits Madame Lacombe.
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Madame Lacombe. "Phantom of a Nun: Photograph by Madame Lacombe" [editorial title]. In Phenomena of Materialisation, Albert von Schrenck-Notzing; translated by E. E. Fournier d’Albe. 1923 reissue of the first English edition; English translation by E. E. Fournier d’Albe incorporates supplementary and later material, as explained in the translator’s preface., 1923, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., Ltd.; E. P. Dutton & Co.. Source scan leaf 523. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0449-0523
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Madame Lacombe. Phantom of a Nun: Photograph by Madame Lacombe. Phenomena of Materialisation. Scan leaf 523. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0449-0523