Spirit glass slide by Édouard Isidore Buguet
1874
Spirit glass slide by Édouard Isidore Buguet
1874
- NFSA IDTJBMZB7M
- TypeImage
- MediumDocumentation
- FormStill Image
- GenresReligious (includes sacred music)
- Year1874
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.
In 1875, the Parisian police raided his studio and discovered Buguet's photographic plates had pre-exposed images on them that allowed him to make his 'spirit images'. Buguet admitted his photographs were fraudulent and he served a year in gaol.
The magician Harry Houdini claimed the police also discovered figures and dolls heads at Buguet's studio that he used as props to make the pre-exposed images. Despite his confession, many people still believed Buguet's images to be genuine.
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.
In 1875, the Parisian police raided his studio and discovered Buguet's photographic plates had pre-exposed images on them that allowed him to make his 'spirit images'. Buguet admitted his photographs were fraudulent and he served a year in gaol.
The magician Harry Houdini claimed the police also discovered figures and dolls heads at Buguet's studio that he used as props to make the pre-exposed images. Despite his confession, many people still believed Buguet's images to be genuine.
- NFSA IDTJBMZB7M
- TypeImage
- MediumDocumentation
- FormStill Image
- GenresReligious (includes sacred music)
- Year1874
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