[Album of Spirit Photographs]
![[Album of Spirit Photographs] by Frederick Hudson|Mr. Reeve](https://images.artheonmuseum.org/met/ph/thumb/album-of-spirit-photographs-285734.webp)
Medium
Albumen silver prints from glass negatives
Dimensions
25.4 x 19.1 cm (10 x 7 1/2 in.)
Classification
Albums
Department
Photographs
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gilman Collection, Gift of The Howard Gilman Foundation, 2005
Accession Number
2005.100.384 (1–48)
Tags
Art Historical Context
In the Victorian era's fascination with the supernatural, Frederick Hudson and Mr. Reeve's *Album of Spirit Photographs*1872) captures a pivotal moment in Spiritualism—a movement sweeping Europe and America that sought empirical proof of the afterlife through séances and mediums. This album, featuring men and women as sitters, presents purported images of ethereal spirits manifesting alongside the living, reflecting widespread cultural longing for connection with departed loved ones amid rapid industrialization and scientific skepticism. Crafted as albumen silver prints from glass—a dominant ...
About the Artist
Frederick Hudson|Mr. Reeve (British| ) · | –1889 |
British, died 1889|