Mysterious Gallery

The Queen's House Ghost on the Tulip Staircase. In 1966

The Queen's House Ghost on the Tulip Staircase. In 1966, a retired Canadian Reverend and his wife visited the Queen's House, Greenwich, London. The couple had heard about the famous Tulip staircase and took a photograph, however, once developed on their return to the Canada, they saw the photograph had also captured the image of a spectral, shrouded figure, ascending the stairs in pursuit of a second (and possibly a third) figure. The Rev and Mrs R. W. Hardy were adamant there was no figure on the stairway when the photograph was taken. The image remains an enigma to this day... Date: 1966

© The Estate of Peter Underwood / Mark Lyon Collection / Mary Evans

Black Swan

A very stylised airbrush painting by Malcolm Greensmith depicting a mysterious-looking Black Swan (Cygnus atratus) serenly swimming across dark, still waters, dark, ominous plants silhouetted in the background, weaving yellow orchids in the foreground

© Mary Evans/Malcolm Greensmith

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Constance Marie de Masirevich

Constance Marie de Masirevich, daughter of the recently retired Hungarian ambassador. The Sketch reports, "she has many friends in London and is very Anglophile. She has been busying herself with literary work, including the reading and translation of Hungarian and other foreign plays into English for Mr. Gilbert Miller." Date: 1938

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans