Spirit Collection (page 7)

Man with water pump on a comic Christmas card
Man with a water pump on a comic Christmas card -- May the spirit of Christmas be with you long and for aye. Date: circa 1890s

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

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

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

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

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

New Year card in the shape of a jug of rum. Date: circa 1890s

Myers Inn and Liquor Store, Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies
Myers Planters Punch Inn and Liquor Store, Sugar Wharf, Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies. Date: circa 1938

The Assumption of the Virgin, ca. 1760, by Francisco
Francisco Bayeu y Subias (1734-1795). Spanish painter. The Assumption of the Virgin, ca. 1760. Sketch for a section of the dome of the church of Santa Engracia, Zaragoza. Prado Museum. Madrid. Spain

Shakespeare, The Tempest, Prosperos Cell on the enchanted island. With Prospero, Miranda and Ariel. 19th century

Advertisement for Courvoisier brandy -- the brandy of Napoleon. Date: circa 1930s

Holy Trinity. Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Minitatu
Trinity. Father, the Son (Jesus Christ), and the Holy Spirit. One God in three persons. Minitature of Roman de la Rose. 16th century. France

Bartolome Esteban Murillo (1618-1682). The Holy Family, 1682
Bartolome Esteban Murillo (1618-1682). Spanish Baroque painter. The Holy Family or Virgin of Seville. 1682. Museum of Louvre. Paris. France

Italy. Ravenna. Arian Baptistry. Mosaic. Baptism of Jesus. 6
Italy. Ravenna. Arian Baptistry. Erected by the Ostrogothic King Theodoric the Great. Ceiling Mosaic. Baptism of Jesus by Saint John the Baptist. 6th century

Liber Horaraum. Initial decorated with Ascension of Jesus an
Gothic. Liber Horaraum. Initial decorated with Ascension of Jesus and Descent of the Holy Spirit on the Apostles (Pentecost). Fol. 2. Printed surely in Lyon or Paris

Magical wand. Egypt
Magical wand of ivory of hippopotamus tusk with images depicting deities and protective spirits to ward off evil spirits. To provide magical protection for mother and child. 1750 BC. 12th Dynasty

Mesopotamian stone cult vessel. Uruk
Stone cult vessel with anthropomorphic decoration, supported by two heroes wearing belts. 3300-3000 BC. Late Uruk Period. Mesopotamian-Sumerian art. Probably from Uruk. British Museum. London

Exorcism. Cleric doing a spell against the evil spirit. Engraving by Recorded by C. Penoso (1878). Coloured

Irish Witch
In England, spirit mediums live off the fat of the land, while in Ireland, so-called witches are punished Date: 1865

St Teresa of Avila as supplicant
Saint Teresa of Avila (1515-1582), visionary, receives holy inspiration as a supplicant

Ghost of Lord Combermere
Sybell Corbets photograph of the library at Combermere, taken between 2-3 pm, seeming to show a figure, resembling Lord Combermere, at the time he was being buried Date: 5 December 1891

East Street and Fire Station, Manchester Square, London
East Street (now Chiltern Street) and Fire Station, Manchester Square, London, with the Wallace Head pub on the left. Date: circa 1908

Comedian Dan Leno in Spirit
George Wild Galvin, stage name Dan Leno, English music hall comedian and musical theatre actor in Spirit form Date: 1907

The Spirit of John King
Drawing of a bearded spirit wrapped in shroud or Keffiyeh Date: 1907

Trade catalogue of mens shaving equipment 1911
Trade catalogue for Harrords department store, showing a page selection of shaving equipment. 1911

Label for Big Cat, Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey, bottled by General Distillers Corporation of Louisville, Kentucky, USA. Date: circa 1940s

Label for Old Rampart, Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey, bottled by General Distillers Corporation of Louisville, Kentucky, USA. Date: circa 1940s

Label for Whipple Creek, Kentucky Corn Whiskey, bottled by General Distillers Corporation of Louisville, Kentucky, USA. Date: circa 1940s

Mask. Bembe Art (Democratic Republic of the Congo and western Tanzania). African art. Sculpture on wood. BELGIUM. FLANDERS. BRABANT. Tervuren

The Spook Suspected by Bruce Bairnsfather, WW1 cartoon
Old Bill has always felt that there was something reminiscent of Bert about the way he got that nasty crack over the head from a tambourine at that little bit of a seance they had theother night

World War One pack of playing cards - Shell Motor Spirit Co
World War One pack of playing cards issued by the Shell Motor Spirit Company with Shell logo and Best Of Allies Always In the Front surrounded by images of warships, aeroplanes, tanks, etc

Exit tango: satire on the end of a dance craze, 1914
Satirical comment from Punch Magazine on the end of the tango craze. A couple dance off, while a some what more conservatively dressed spirit of dancing gladly wakes up from the "

William Stainton Moses, spirit medium
Rev William Stainton Moses (1839-1892), Anglican clergyman, spiritualist, spirit medium and writer (under the pen name M A Oxon)

Statue of Mahishasura - Chamundi Hills Mysore, India
A statue of Mahishasura in Chamundi Hills, Mysore. Mahishasura was an Asura in Hindu Mythology - one of the forces of chaos that are in constant battle with Devas. Date: circa 1910s

The first YB-29 was converted to XB-39 Spirit of Lincoln
The first YB-29 was converted to XB-39, Spirit of Lincoln, to flight test the Allison V-3420 liquid-cooled engine

Chauliodus sloani, viperfish
A specimen of the viperfish (Chauliodus sloani). This is the first specimen to be examined by a naturalist and the only remaining spirit preserved fish from the Sloane collection

Cupid the Tyrant by Flix de Gray
A piece of art showing Cupid forcing love upon an unsuspecting girl sitting on a mossy log. Cupid holds out a heart to the back of the girl, who is wearing a blue floral dress

Plume Motor Spirit - Vacuum Oil Company
An enamel sign advertising Plume Motor Spirit. *EDITORIAL USE ONLY*

The Bloksberg Tryst
Undated handwritten text regarding and colour illustration of The Bloksberg Tryst. HPF/5C/52

Helen Duncan during a sance showing ectoplasm
Double photograph of the Scottish medium Helen Duncan during a sance showing " ectoplasm" wrapped around her head and reaching down to the floor, May 1931

Spirit Photo Ada Dean? 1921
Unattributed spirit photograph but probably by medium, Ada Dean. Sitters Mr Rist and wife? with an unidentified male spirit hovering above them both

Our True Sporting SPIRIT ? by William Heath Robinson
The Automobilious Dream of a prominent Master of Hounds, on learning that the price of petrol had dropped again. Please note

Bukta Rucksack Advert
Advertisement for Buktas rucsacs - the care-free spirit of the hiker and rambler is the outcome of careful forethought

Dr Slade the spirit medium
The trial of Henry Slade, the medium who was said to communicate with spirits by a slate board. Top sketch shows Mr G. Leis, counsel for the Prosecution and bottom image shows Professor E

Margery Crandon
Mina Stinson - aka Margery Crandon - controversial American spirit medium

Davenport Brothers
The brothers William and Ira Davenport, pretending to be spirit mediums but actually clever stage magicians

Summoning a Spirit
Standing in a magic circle, manual in one hand and sword (to be on the safe side) in the other, a magician summons a spirit to do his bidding

Photo by Boursnell
Image from a lantern slide used by Harry Price for illustrating spirit photography by Richard Boursnell (1832-1909). The sitter is unknown

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