A black-and-white glass slide showing two men sitting opposite each other, hands resting on a table, a spirit hovering behind them.

This black-and-white glass slide purports to show a man sitting on a chair with a spirit hovering at his left knee.

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 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.