Mrs Bentley and the spirit of her deceased sister

nobody@flickr.com (National Media Museum) — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:30:54 -0700

Creator: Wylie (dates unknown)
Date: c. 1920
Collection: National Media Museum Collection
Inventory no: 2002-5054/12
Blog: G is for ghosts... the birth and rise of spirit photography

A photograph of Mrs Bentley, once the President of the British Spiritualists Lyceum Union, taken by Wylie, about 1920.

A superimposed image - that of Mrs Bentley's deceased sister's face - appears at the lower right of the photograph.

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Mourning scene

nobody@flickr.com (National Media Museum) — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:18:14 -0700

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Creator: William Hope (1863 - 1933)
Date: c. 1920
Collection: National Media Museum Collection
Inventory no: 2002-5054/11
Blog: G is for ghosts... the birth and rise of spirit photography

A woman mourns for her husband in a Chapel of Rest, standing by his body which is wrapped in sheets and laden with flowers. The woman's son stands beside her.

The image of a man's face has been superimposed over the original photograph. The spirit album notes that the family were Roman Catholics and believed in life after death.

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Mrs Bentley and the spirit of her deceased sister

Mourning scene