Georgiana Houghton’s Spirit Photographs, 1872-76

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Georgina Houghton’s 1882 text Chronicles of the Photographs of Spiritual Beings and Phenomena Invisible to the Material Eye, contains six plates of startling spirit photographs, including photographs of some luminaries of English Spiritualism, with spirit forms.
Mrs. Guppy, the (in)famous apporting, teleporting and materialising medium, introduced Georgina Houghton — a spotless True Believer — to Frederick Hudson, the English spirit photographer with whom Houghton worked.
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1. Mamma extending her hand towards me

2. Spirit in my place

3. The daughter of Jairus

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4. Zilla standing with her hand in mine

5. Aunt Helen

6. Only a head and bust!

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7. Catherine

8. Charlie embracing me

9. Tommy’s grandmother

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10. Mrs. Tebb and her sister

11. Rev. Mr. B. and his wife

12. The wife of Manoah

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13. Dr. Cargill and his ancestor

14. Catherine Emily

15. Dr. Cargill and St. John the Evangelist

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16. Rose Hudson & her cousin Harry Graham

17. John Robertson, Esq., and his child

18. Miss Hudson (the Clairvoyante) and spirit

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19. the Day-Star

20. Mrs. Ramsay and Motee

21. Geraldine Cope

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22. Mrs. Clarke (of California) and spirit

23. Maurice Joseph, Esq., and spirits

24. Captain Fawcett, R. N., and son

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25. Mrs. Guppy, Tommy and Katie

26. Spirit, with American photographs

27. Mr. Howitt and his daughter, with spirit of his son

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28. Mrs. Tebb, Mrs. Guppy, and myself

29. Angels and box of treasures

30. Mamma, with Passion-week and Easter symbol

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31. Spanish gentleman and his mother

32. Alexander Calder, Esq., and spirits

33. Arthur Vacher, Esq., his cousin, and the spirit Apelles

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34. Mrs. Everitt and W.P. Adshead, Esq., with spirit

35. Joan of Arc

36. Mrs. Burke and her sister Louisa

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37. Captain Phillips and his mother

38. J. Gladwyn Jebb, Esq., with rays or bars of light

39. N.T. Martheze, Esq., and his mother

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40. Joseph Ivemey, jun., Esq., and spirit (test picture)

41. Colonel Steuart and his brother

42. Captain Ainger and his aunt, Mrs. Coleman

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43. Mr. Herne and his double

44. The unclad spirit

45. Alas! for her whose white robe of innocence became a filthy rag

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46. Rev. Richard Barrett and spirit

47. Mr. Hudson and Thurston

48. M.A. (Oxon.) and recognised spirit

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49. Alfred Russel Wallace, F.R.G.S., and his mother

50. W. Arbuthnot, Esq., his wife and child, with spirit

51. John Beattie, Esq., and his nephew

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52. Mr. Glendinning and hovering spirit

53. George Sutherland, Esq., and his sister

54. Dr. Thomson (of Clifton) and his mother

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Evenings at Home in Spiritual Seance

(First Series and Second Series)

by Georgiana Houghton

1872-76

source: Chronicles of the Photographs of Spiritual Beings, Eh Britten, IAPSOP, Art Bouillon

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