| 单词 | spirit photograph |
| 释义 | > as lemmasspirit photograph spirit photograph n. a photograph that is claimed to show a spirit, esp. of a person who has died.Spirit photographs were first produced by U.S. photographer William H. Mumler (1832–84) by means of double exposure. ΚΠ 1862 Boston Investigator 12 Nov. 218/1 For some weeks past the Spiritual quidnuncs of Boston have been making a flourish of trumpets over what they call ‘spirit photographs’. 1968 Brit. Jrnl. Psychiatry 114 1474/2 After his wife's death in 1916 his interest in the problem of survival increased and we even find him attempting to obtain a spirit-photograph of his deceased wife. 2009 Daily Tel. 30 Oct. 12/7 The picture is one of 250 daguerreotypes, calotypes, negatives, x-rays and spirit photographs exhibited in..the British Library's first ever major photographic exhibition. < as lemmas |
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