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The SpiritsLa Vie Parisienne (1863)

We see a heading, Les Spirites (the spirists), drawn as if from the back of a stage or platform in a dimly-lit room or theatre. There’s a large audience, but on stage maybe half a dozen people kneelin [...]

Keywords: spirits, ghosts, spooky, performance, dance, dancing, beetles, insects, musical instruments, guitars, people, kneeling, greyscale

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He blew out his lanternLa Vie Parisienne (1863)

A man with a large nose and a top hat and a wand is blowing at the flame in a lantern that he holds in one hand.

Keywords: people, sketches, top hats, victorian costume, lanterns, spooky, greyscale

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Haunted Chest of DrawersLa Vie Parisienne (1863)

At first I thought this chest of drawers was a robot, although in 1865 that seemed unlikely. It has a face made from places where there would normally be drawers: two eyes and a mouth, and a nose and [...]

Keywords: spooky, haunted, furniture, faces, greyscale

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