This glass slide shows a man sitting on a chair with his eyes closed and a spirit partly superimposed over his left arm and chest.

The photographer for this image is Frederick Hudson (1818-1889). It was taken in Hudson's studios in Kensington Park, London in the 1870s.

The woman in the photograph is Emma Hardinge Britten (1823–99), an English leader in the early spiritualist movement.

This photograph is by Édouard Isidore Buguet (1840-1901). Buguet was a French medium and spirit photographer who became very famous in the early 1870s.

Sepia-toned glass slide showing a female spirit with a man and boy superimposed over her. 

The man in this glass slide is Sir William Crookes (1832-1919), a prominent scientist known for his discovery of thallium and his research into cathode rays.

Sepia glass slide of a seance showing five men and a spirit joining hands around a table.

In this glass slide a female spirit appears to be crowning a man with a wreath. We can only imagine how flattering an image this must have been for the man in the photograph.

Emma Hardinge Britten (1823–99) was an English leader in the early spiritualist movement.

The photographer is Frederick Hudson (1818-1889). The image was taken in Hudson's studios in Kensington Park, London in the 1870s.