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The witch of Endor conjures the ghost of Samuel; Saul bows before him on the right. Etching, 18th century.

Poster advertising the entertainment of the Davenport Brothers.

Macbeth consults the three witches; an apparition appears of a bloody child, who calls Macbeth's name three times. Engraving by W. Byrne, 1773, after E. Edwards.

Saul collapses as the witch of Endor conjures Samuel from the dead. Wood engraving after J. Schnorr von Carolsfeld.

Saul bows to Samuel after the witch of Endor has conjured him from the dead. Mezzotint, 1795.

The highwayman Dick Turpin, on horseback, sees a phantom riding next to him. Lithograph by W. Clerk, ca. 1839.

The Hammersmith Ghost.

Witchcraft and magic: a man conducting magic rites, devils and a ghost appearing, and a hunter cowering in terror. Coloured etching.

The risen Christ appears as a ghost to the apostles. Lithograph, 1835, after G. Huret, 1664.

Sir Francis Burdett conjuring up a ghost, expecting it to be that of Lord Edward Fitzgerald, but the ghost of William Pitt the younger appears. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1813.

Eighteenth Century collections online

A vision. Shewing the sudden and surprizing appearance, the celestial mein [i.e., mien] and heavenly conversation of the departed spirit of Mr. Yeamans, late student at Yale College, to and with Mr. H. Goodwin, his friend and class-mate. Tending to astonish, edify, and instruct. [Eight lines of quotations]

An episode in Holidays with hobgoblins: a Scotsman called Sandy MacGranite from Dunfermline rents the Château de Fleurval in Boulogne which had once been a Jacobite refuge. He is summoned from his bed by the ghost of a Jacobite barber from Kirkcaldy who shaves him and then asks to be shaved by him

A man who has rented a haunted castle is asked to shave the ghost of a deceased barber. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1861.

On the controversial Catholic emancipation bill

1 print : engraving with watercolour ; image 15.8 x 28.8 cm

A group of men from the Ministry sit drinking around a table in celebration of the Catholic emancipation bill as the ghost of Charles James Fox appears on the right and Sheridan falls off his chair to vomit over a copy of a petition. Engraving by Adolphe after C. Keefe, 1807.

An episode (set in a fictitious part of the Ottoman empire) in: C. F. Barrett, The black castle: or the spectre of the forest, an historical romance, London: S. Fisher, 1800, pp. 19-20: "At this instant a tremendous crash shook the forest to its center, and the spirit of Ravia appeared before her astonished husband. Her white robes floated in the air, a blue vapour surrounded her; and she pointed with her finger to a ghastly wound in her breast. Cazem fell on his knees before her, and in a tremulous accent requested to know her commands, and promised, in the most solemn manner, to execute them. The spectre viewed him tenderly for a while, and then proceeded to inform him that the tyrant Asphar, taking advantage of his absence, had, by a well-laid scheme, drew her into his power; and after offending her chaste ears with a declaration of his brutal passion, on finding her deaf to his entreaties, had at length, worn out with her obstinacy, thrown her into a gloomy dungeon, where one fatal night he stole upon her unsuspecting slumber; and having gained his horrid purpose, in order to bury all in oblivion, plunged his poignard in her breast, and buried her remains under the pavement of her dungeon. She then added, in a more hollow tone of voice, her commands for revenge on her cruel ravisher; and immediately (upon Cazem's swearing to perform the injunction thus solemnly enjoined) ascended into the upper regions of the air, offering up prayers to the divine disposer of all things for the success and safety of her husband."

1 print : aquatint, with watercolour ; image 13.4 x 16.9 cm

The ghost of Ravia, dressed in white with blood on her dress, appears to her husband Cazem during a storm at night, in front of Gothic ruins, and asks him to avenge her murder. Coloured aquatint, ca. 1810.

vii, 232 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, portraits ; 23 cm

Appearances of the dead : a cultural history of ghosts / R.C. Finucane.

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A man who has rented a haunted castle is asked to shave the ghost of a deceased barber. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1861.

A group of men from the Ministry sit drinking around a table in celebration of the Catholic emancipation bill as the ghost of Charles James Fox appears on the right and Sheridan falls off his chair to vomit over a copy of a petition. Engraving by Adolphe after C. Keefe, 1807.

The ghost of Ravia, dressed in white with blood on her dress, appears to her husband Cazem during a storm at night, in front of Gothic ruins, and asks him to avenge her murder. Coloured aquatint, ca. 1810.

Appearances of the dead : a cultural history of ghosts / R.C. Finucane.

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A man who has rented a haunted castle is asked to shave the ghost of a deceased barber. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1861.

A group of men from the Ministry sit drinking around a table in celebration of the Catholic emancipation bill as the ghost of Charles James Fox appears on the right and Sheridan falls off his chair to vomit over a copy of a petition. Engraving by Adolphe after C. Keefe, 1807.

The ghost of Ravia, dressed in white with blood on her dress, appears to her husband Cazem during a storm at night, in front of Gothic ruins, and asks him to avenge her murder. Coloured aquatint, ca. 1810.

Appearances of the dead : a cultural history of ghosts / R.C. Finucane.

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