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Hudson - Child and Spirit of Mother Spirit Photograph

Girl & Spirit of Mother

An 1872 spirit photograph by Frederick A. Hudson featuring a girl and the spirit of her mother. The back of the photograph bears the inscription “May 2nd, 1872 / Mrs. Guppy’s cousin and Miss Houghton mediums / A young child was standing where this spirit, her deceased mother, appeared. The mother was well known to me during her childhood and girlhood. G. Houghton”.

Georgiana Houghton (1814–1884) – British artist and Spiritualist medium.

Photograph ID: 2023.200.4331

Photographer: Fredrick A. Hudson

Type: Carte de Visite

Date: May 2, 1872

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