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A short history of spirit photography, and a selection of unusual spirit photographs in the collections of Brighton & Hove's Royal Pavilion and Museums. Includes several photographs with kind permission of American Museum of Photography.
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Faking the Dead
Spirit photographs in the collections of Brighton and Hove Museums
Regent Iron Foundry, North Road, 1860s
From Harper’s Weekly, May 8 1869.
William H Mumler
Courtesy of William B Becker / American Museum of Photography
Unidentified man, c1870 Moses A Dow with the spirit of Mabel Warren, c1871
Courtesy of William B Becker / American Museum of Photography
Mary Todd Lincoln, c1869
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Monsieur Leymarie and Mons. C with the spirit of Eduard Poiret, c1874
Eduard Isidore Buguet
Courtesy of William B Becker / American Museum of Photography
Mr Raby, with the spirits of ‘Countess’, ‘James Lombard’, ‘Tommy’ and ‘Mr Wootton’s Mother’, c1875
Frederick Hudson
Courtesy of William B Becker / American Museum of Photography
Lady Helena Newnham and the spirit of her daughter, 1872
Courtesy of William B Becker / American Museum of Photography
Couple with the spirit of an old family doctor who died around 1880, 1893
Robert Boursnell
Courtesy of William B Becker / American Museum of Photography
Self-portrait with spirits, 1902
Courtesy of William B Becker / American Museum of Photography
Rev Charles L Tweedale and Mrs Tweedale with the spirit form of the late F Burnett, 1919
William Hope
Courtesy of William B Becker / American Museum of Photography
Ada Emma Deane
First World War dead gathered on Armistice Day, 1920s
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‘double exposure: spirits mounted on drawing paper & crayoned(?) above’
‘Single exposure: spirit steps out after short exposure time’
‘Double exposure’
‘Taken by W Eglinton in his study and developed immediately afterwards in my presence. Nov 3rd 1886. Mary Burchett. (much overexposed)’
‘Taken and developed by me in my own room, when quite alone on Oct 27th 1886. Mary Burchett.
I took my own photograph with the aid of the automatic tube. Of course the spirit hand which appears in front of me was not visible to me. MB’
‘”Joey” Taken by M.B. Jan 7th 1887’
‘L’Apparition Mediunimique’ by James Tissot. In rememberance of W.E.’
‘Ernest’. ‘This is not a transcendental photograph but one of a materialisation in the presence of W. E.
MB.’
‘Taken in my room with my own camera and plates by Mr. Eglinton and developed directly afterward in my presence Dec. 9th 1886. Mary Burchett.’
‘I believe this to be a likeness of my old school master Mr. Wyand.’
Courtesy of William B Becker / American Museum of Photography
5 July 1886 12 July 1886
19 July 1886 26 July 1886
Illustration from John S Farmer’s ‘Twixt Two Worlds’, 1886