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Images about Ghosts

34 images from works
  • The witch of Endor conjures the ghost of Samuel; Saul bows before him on the right. Etching, 18th century.
  • Poster advertising the entertainment of the Davenport Brothers.
  • Macbeth consults the three witches; an apparition appears of a bloody child, who calls Macbeth's name three times. Engraving by W. Byrne, 1773, after E. Edwards.
  • Saul collapses as the witch of Endor conjures Samuel from the dead. Wood engraving after J. Schnorr von Carolsfeld.
  • Saul bows to Samuel after the witch of Endor has conjured him from the dead. Mezzotint, 1795.
  • The highwayman Dick Turpin, on horseback, sees a phantom riding next to him. Lithograph by W. Clerk, ca. 1839.
  • The Hammersmith Ghost.
  • Witchcraft and magic: a man conducting magic rites, devils and a ghost appearing, and a hunter cowering in terror. Coloured etching.
  • A boy entering a darkened barn, frightened by what he fears is a ghost but is an owl. Etching by R. Pollard and aquatint by F. Jukes, 1785, after R.M. Paye.
  • The risen Christ appears as a ghost to the apostles. Lithograph, 1835, after G. Huret, 1664.
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Works from the collections

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    A man who has rented a haunted castle is asked to shave the ghost of a deceased barber. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1861.

    George Cruikshank | Date: 1861 | Reference: 30383i
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    A group of men from the Ministry sit drinking around a table in celebration of the Catholic emancipation bill as the ghost of Charles James Fox appears on the right and Sheridan falls off his chair to vomit over a copy of a petition. Engraving by Adolphe after W. O'Keefe, 1807.

    O'Keefe, W., active 1794-1805. | Date: June 1 1807 | Reference: 591325i
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    Death disguised as the knight William and his lover Lenore ride past ghostly figures of Death. Stipple engraving by Harding after Lady Diana Beauclerk, 1796.

    Diana Beauclerk | Date: June 1. 1796 | Reference: 36465i
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    The exorcism of a ghost. Engraving by E. Portbury, 1827, after F.P. Stephanoff.

    Philip Francis Stephanoff | Date: Oct. 1827 | Reference: 11545i
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    The ghost of Ravia, dressed in white with blood on her dress, appears to her husband Cazem during a storm at night, in front of Gothic ruins, and asks him to avenge her murder. Coloured aquatint, ca. 1810.

    | Date: 1810 | Reference: 573795i
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Related topics

Witchcraft
Apparitions
Magic
Resurrection
Europe
Parapsychology
Death
Visions
Dreams
Night

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