Afterlife, Folklore, Supernatural & Witchcraft Gallery

Portrait of Daniel Dunglas Home, c.1870s (b/w photo)

488965 Portrait of Daniel Dunglas Home, c.1870s (b/w photo) by Disderi, Andre Adolphe Eugene (1819-89/90); Private Collection; (add.info.: Daniel Dunglas Home, (1833-86) was a Scottish physical medium with the reported ability to levitate to a variety of heights, speak with the dead, and to produce rapping and knocks in houses at will. Harry Houdini described him as one of the most conspicuous and lauded of his type and generation'.); A© Archives Charmet; French, out of copyright

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The Last Man (w/c on paper)

473976 The Last Man (w/c on paper)
by Martin, John (1789-1854); 68.0x47.5 cm; Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK; (add.info.: The last survivor of the dying earth stands on a cliff-top, holding up his arms to heaven. Around him and extending far back into the distance are the bodies of countless numbers of people. The picture illustrates lines from a poem by Thomas Campbell - The sun has a sickly glare, The earth with age was wan, The skeleton of nations were, Around that lonely man.. . Campbell's poem had been published a few years earlier, in 1823. John Martin varnished the watercolour to increase the impact of the colours.
); A© Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums; English, out of copyright

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Self Portrait (w/c on paper)

SC14888 Self Portrait (w/c on paper) by Doyle, Charles Altamont (1832-93); Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK; (add.info.: father of Arthur Conan Doyle; incarcerated in mental institution by his family; before that civil servant in Edinburgh Office of Works; died of epilepsy in a lunatic asylum; autoportrait; tourmente; psychologique; fou; folie; cauchemar; fantome; diables;); English, out of copyright

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