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Spectre Collection

Background imageSpectre Collection: Handley Page Victor B1 XA930 taking off from Hatfield

Handley Page Victor B1 XA930 taking off from Hatfield
Handley Page Victor B1, XA930, taking off from Hatfield on 14 July 1960 at 190, 000lb all-up weight assisted by de Havilland Spectre rockets. Date: 1960

Background imageSpectre Collection: Humber Sceptre

Humber Sceptre
The Humber Spectre is a popular model which will pass through a number of modifications : this is the original Mark One, elegantly posed outside a gracious home

Background imageSpectre Collection: Ghost Delivers Warning

Ghost Delivers Warning
A spectral figure materialises in a candlelit room where two men are roused from their books. The older man points ahead while the ghost points upwards. A ghostly warning?

Background imageSpectre Collection: The Queens House Ghost on the Tulip Staircase. In 1966

The Queens House Ghost on the Tulip Staircase. In 1966, a retired Canadian Reverend and his wife visited the Queens House, Greenwich, London

Background imageSpectre Collection: Ghost on the Tulip Staircase of the Queens House

Ghost on the Tulip Staircase of the Queens House
Figure photographed on the Tulip Staircase of the Queens House, though photographer saw nothing; during normal opening hours of the Museum - (a digitally restored version of image 10003710)

Background imageSpectre Collection: The Lantern Spectre by Katsushika Hokusai

The Lantern Spectre by Katsushika Hokusai
Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) - The Lantern Spectre. A burning paper lamp takes on the aspect of a spectral face - one of a set of Ghosts and Goblins. Date: circa 1810

Background imageSpectre Collection: Paul Kruger, State President of Transvaal as an Ogre

Paul Kruger, State President of Transvaal as an Ogre
O!. Stephanus Johannes Paulus ( Paul ) Kruger, State President of the South African Republic (Transvaal) (1825-1905) - as an Ogre causing nightmares for various British Politicians of the day

Background imageSpectre Collection: A strange ghostly apparition caught on camera

A strange ghostly apparition caught on camera
A strange ghostly apparition caught in a photograph taken in a family home on Sunday, 30th March, 1986. The photograph was supposed to be depicting the 10 year-old boy (Andrew Burlington)

Background imageSpectre Collection: Medieval knight in armour holding a swooning lady

Medieval knight in armour holding a swooning lady
Medieval knight in suit of armour holding a swooning lady outside a castle. His defeated opponent lies on the ground. Sir Ethelbert holds Adelaide over the prone body of Alan

Background imageSpectre Collection: Grey dagger, Apopestes spectrum and peach blossom moths

Grey dagger, Apopestes spectrum and peach blossom moths
Grey dagger moth and larva, Acronicta psi 1, Apopestes spectrum moth and larva 2, peach blossom moth and caterpillar, Thyatira batis 3. Noctuelles psi, spectre, batis

Background imageSpectre Collection: Andrew Burlington ghost photograph

Andrew Burlington ghost photograph
12 year-old Andrew Burlington holds up the photograph taken at his family home on Sunday, 30th March, 1986, which showed a strange ghostly apparition which obscured the main subject of the image (see)

Background imageSpectre Collection: Hallucinations - patient and spectre

Hallucinations - patient and spectre
Hallucinations and Delusions, a patient imagines himself haunted continually by a spectre. Date: 1888

Background imageSpectre Collection: Spirit Photograph - Family Group

Spirit Photograph - Family Group
A small-format Spirit Photograph showing a Family Group, possibly mourning a dead baby, although all the figures have an air of ghostly form, especially the seated woman/Mother

Background imageSpectre Collection: Kaiser Wilhelm II depicted in the role of Aladdin but instead of releasing a genie

Kaiser Wilhelm II depicted in the role of Aladdin but instead of releasing a genie, he releases the spectre of death through his actions. Date: 1914

Background imageSpectre Collection: Pilatus U-28A 07-0779

Pilatus U-28A 07-0779
United States Air Force - Pilatus U-28A Spectre 07-0779 (MSN 779), of Special Operations Command. Date: circa 2015

Background imageSpectre Collection: Pilatus U-28A 07-0793

Pilatus U-28A 07-0793
United States Air Force - Pilatus U-28A Spectre 07-0793 (MSN 793), of Special Operations Command. Date: circa 2015

Background imageSpectre Collection: The night patrol of the London streets, 1853

The night patrol of the London streets, 1853
The night patrol of the London streets. The figure of Death on horseback rides out of an overcrowded cemetery full of cholera victims

Background imageSpectre Collection: A spectre rising from the prone body of a knight in armour

A spectre rising from the prone body of a knight in armour. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Thomas Rowlandson from The Tournament, or Days of Chivalry, William Sams

Background imageSpectre Collection: Four-eyed opossum and false vampire bat

Four-eyed opossum and false vampire bat
Four-eyed opossum, Philander opossum, and false vampire bat, Vampyrum spectrum. (Marine oppossum of Terra Firma and Vampire or Spectre of Guiana.) Copperplate engraving by A

Background imageSpectre Collection: Spirit Photograph - Schemboche

Spirit Photograph - Schemboche
A spirit photograph by Schemboche of an Italian Woman approached by a white robe-draped spirit who places his hand upon her shoulder. Date: circa 1870s

Background imageSpectre Collection: Vaslav Nijinsky and Tamara Karsavina

Vaslav Nijinsky and Tamara Karsavina
Vaslav Nijinsky (1889 - 1950) and Tamara Karsavina (1885 - 1978) in Le Spectre de la rose. Date: 1911

Background imageSpectre Collection: An Amazing Seance and an Exposure

An Amazing Seance and an Exposure
Cover design, An Amazing Seance and an Exposure, by Sydney A Moseley, introduction by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. 1919

Background imageSpectre Collection: RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM

RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM Author, best known for his Ingoldsby Legends which include the Jackdaw of Reims, The Spectre of Tappington and other fanciful tales. Date: 1788 - 1845

Background imageSpectre Collection: Ballet dancer Alexis Rassine in Le Spectre de la Rose

Ballet dancer Alexis Rassine in Le Spectre de la Rose
Ballet dancer Alexis Rassine (1919-1992) in Le Spectre de la Rose (with Margot Fonteyn). Date: 1944

Background imageSpectre Collection: Vaslav Nijinsky and. Tamara Karsavina

Vaslav Nijinsky and. Tamara Karsavina
Ballets Russes. Ballet Le Spectre de la Rose, music by Carl Maria von Weber and choreography by Mikhail Fokin. On stage, the performers of the premiere

Background imageSpectre Collection: Lady with Lady Spirit

Lady with Lady Spirit
From: The Veil Lifted, Andrew Glendinning of London, Whittaker, 1894 Lady with Lady Spirit in front of her. Apparition, ghost, phantom, spectre, spirit. Date: 1894

Background imageSpectre Collection: Lady Spirit

Lady Spirit
From: The Veil Lifted, Andrew Glendinning of London, Whittaker, 1894 Lady Spirit wearing shroud and holding flowers. Apparition, ghost, phantom, spectre, spirit. Date: 1894

Background imageSpectre Collection: Spirit child

Spirit child
From: The Veil Lifted, Andrew Glendinning of London, Whittaker, 1894 Spirit child wearing shroud. Apparition, ghost, phantom, spectre, spirit. Date: 1894

Background imageSpectre Collection: Man with Ghosts head in his lap

Man with Ghosts head in his lap
From: Photographing the Invisible: practical studies in supernormal photography, script and other allied phenomena, James Coates, Fowler, 1921

Background imageSpectre Collection: Mrs Lincoln with Spirit of Abraham Lincoln

Mrs Lincoln with Spirit of Abraham Lincoln
From: Photographing the Invisible: practical studies in supernormal photography, script and other allied phenomena, James Coates, Fowler, 1921

Background imageSpectre Collection: Richard Harris Barham

Richard Harris Barham
RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM (1788 - 1845) Author, best known for his Ingoldsby Legends which include the Jackdaw of Reims, The Spectre of Tappington and other fanciful tales. Date: circa 1820

Background imageSpectre Collection: Brocken Spectre

Brocken Spectre
THE SPECTRE OF THE BROCKEN a bizarre effect caused by projected shadows seen, notably, on the Brocken in the Harz mountains, Saxony, Germany Date: circa 1880

Background imageSpectre Collection: SPECTRE

SPECTRE
Traditional spectral figure Date: 1864

Background imageSpectre Collection: Gentlemen with Spirit

Gentlemen with Spirit
From: The Veil Lifted, Andrew Glendinning of London, Whittaker, 1894 Bearded Victorian Gentlemen with Spirit, ghost, phantom, spectre. Date: 1894

Background imageSpectre Collection: Spirit baby

Spirit baby
From: The Veil Lifted, Andrew Glendinning of London, Whittaker, 1894 Spirit baby. Apparition, ghost, phantom, spectre, spirit. Date: 1894

Background imageSpectre Collection: Spirit Lady

Spirit Lady
From: The Veil Lifted, Andrew Glendinning of London, Whittaker, 1894 Spirit Lady with two Gentlemen. Apparition, ghost, phantom, spectre, spirit. Date: 1894

Background imageSpectre Collection: Lady and spirit

Lady and spirit
From: The Veil Lifted, Andrew Glendinning of London, Whittaker, 1894 Lady with Spirit of her Father. Apparition, ghost, phantom, spectre, spirit. Date: 1894

Background imageSpectre Collection: Psychic Lady with Spirit

Psychic Lady with Spirit
From: The Veil Lifted, Andrew Glendinning of London, Whittaker, 1894 Psychic Lady with Elderly Gentlemen spirit. Apparition, ghost, phantom, spectre, spirit. Date: 1894

Background imageSpectre Collection: Woman with spirit baby

Woman with spirit baby
From: Spookland, Thomas Shekleton Henry, Clyde Publishing, 1902: Mrs Mellon Spiritualist with Cissie the baby spirit, apparition ghost, phantom, spectre. Date: 1894

Background imageSpectre Collection: Floating Veiled Spirit

Floating Veiled Spirit
From: Report of an Investigation into Spirit Photography, Fred Barlow and Major W. Rampling-Rose, Society for Psychical Research, 1933: Floating Veiled Spirit, apparition, ghost, phantom, spectre

Background imageSpectre Collection: Spirit of Cyprian Priestess

Spirit of Cyprian Priestess
From: Photographing the Invisible: practical studies in supernormal photography, script and other allied phenomena, James Coates, Fowler, 1921

Background imageSpectre Collection: Victorian Men and Women with spirits

Victorian Men and Women with spirits
From: Chronicles of Photographs of Spiritual Beings, Georgina Houghton, E.W. Allen 1882: apparition, ghost, phantom, spectre, spirit. Date: 1882

Background imageSpectre Collection: Victorian Men with spirits

Victorian Men with spirits
From: Chronicles of Photographs of Spiritual Beings, Georgina Houghton, E.W. Allen 1882: apparition, ghost, phantom, spectre, spirit. Date: 1882

Background imageSpectre Collection: Victorian Families with Spirits

Victorian Families with Spirits
From: Chronicles of Photographs of Spiritual Beings, Georgina Houghton, E.W. Allen 1882: apparition, ghost, phantom, spectre, spirit. Date: 1882

Background imageSpectre Collection: Victorian Women with spirits

Victorian Women with spirits
From: Chronicles of Photographs of Spiritual Beings, Georgina Houghton, E.W. Allen 1882: apparition, ghost, phantom, spectre, spirit. Date: 1882

Background imageSpectre Collection: Daughter with Mother in Spirit form

Daughter with Mother in Spirit form
From: The Case for Spirit Photography, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Hutchinson, 1922 Daughter with Mother in Spirit form, Apparition ghost, phantom, spectre. Date: 1922

Background imageSpectre Collection: Husband with Spirit Wife

Husband with Spirit Wife
From: The Case for Spirit Photography, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Hutchinson, 1922 Husband with spirit form of his first Wife, Apparition ghost, phantom, spectre. Date: 1922

Background imageSpectre Collection: Wife with Spirit head of Husband

Wife with Spirit head of Husband
From: The Case for Spirit Photography, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Hutchinson, 1922 Wife with Spirit head of Husband above her, Apparition ghost, phantom, spectre. Date: 1922



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