A brief history of ghosts and spirit photography
Can objects in our collection shine a light on the existence of ghosts, or at least what the Victorians believed about them?
From the collections
99 of 118 objects made by Underwood & Underwood
Home and Garden of Mr Namikawa, Kyoto, Photograph, Herbert George Ponting, ca. 1904
Pretty Factory Girls Decorating Cheap Pottery, Kyoto, Photograph, Herbert George Ponting, ca. 1904
Expert Workmen Creating Cloisonne Ware, Kyoto, Photograph, Herbert George Ponting, ca. 1904
A Family at afternoon tea, Photograph, Underwood and Underwood, 1855-1860
Photograph, Underwood and Underwood, 1860-1870
A bride at her looking glass, Photograph, Elliott, James, 1855-1860
Stereoscope, manufactured by Underwood and Underwood, 1901
Funeral Procession of a Buddhist, Osaka, Photograph, Herbert George Ponting, ca. 1904
Stately splendour of the Tennoji Temple, Osaka, Photograph, Herbert George Ponting, ca. 1904
Buddhist Cemetery in Kyoto, Photograph, Herbert George Ponting, ca. 1904
Main front of the largest Buddhist Temple in Japan in Kyoto, Photograph, Herbert George Ponting, ca. 1904
Peasants praying before images of the God of Light, Nikko, Photograph, Herbert George Ponting, ca. 1904
Majestic Calm of the Great Buddha at Kamakura, Japan, 1904, Photograph, Underwood and Underwood, 1904
Devout Woman stroking a Bronze Bull to Cure Rheumatism, Photograph, Herbert George Ponting, ca. 1904
A family picnics under the cherry trees, Kyoto, Photograph, Herbert George Ponting, ca. 1904
Sacred Lotus Flowers in a Temple Pond at Osaka, Photograph, Herbert George Ponting, ca. 1904
Two Miles Above the Clouds - View from Summit of Fujiyama, Photograph, Herbert George Ponting, ca. 1904
Girls picking Tea at Uji, Photograph, Herbert George Ponting, ca. 1904
Gazing through Sulphurous vapours, into the Crater of Aso San, Photograph, Herbert George Ponting, ca. 1904
Asakusa Street, with its passing throngs, Tokyo, Photograph, Herbert George Ponting, ca. 1904
Worshippers Crossing the Semi-Circular Bridge to Kameido Temple, Tokyo, Photograph, Herbert George Ponting, ca. 1904
East over "Mississippi Bay" near Yokohama, Photograph, Herbert George Ponting, ca. 1904
Dotombori or Theatre Street, Osaka, Photograph, Herbert George Ponting, ca. 1904
Snow-Capped Fuji mirrored in Lake Shoji, Photograph, Herbert George Ponting, ca. 1904
Photograph, Herbert George Ponting, ca. 1904
Girl feeding deer in the temple garden, Nara, Photograph, Herbert George Ponting, ca. 1904
Big Sisters and Little Brothers in Japan, Photograph, Herbert George Ponting, ca. 1904
Under the cherry-blossoms, Tokyo, Photograph, Herbert George Ponting, ca. 1904
The war like spirit of Japanese school boys (Tokyo), Photograph, Herbert George Ponting, ca. 1904
South front of Count Okuma's home, Tokyo, Photograph, Herbert George Ponting, ca. 1904
Picturesque Shops and Crowds in Yokohama, Japan, Photograph, Herbert George Ponting, ca. 1904
Asama-Yama, Japan's Largest Active Volcano, Photograph, Herbert George Ponting, ca. 1904
Stereoscopic views of Canada and America, Photograph, Underwood & Underwood, ca. 1902
Stereoscopic views of Canada and America, Photograph, Underwood & Underwood, ca. 1903
Priests in Ikegami Temple, Omori, Photograph, Herbert George Ponting, ca. 1904
Greetings for newcomers on the Pier, Yokohama, Japan, Photograph, Herbert George Ponting, ca. 1904
Burden-bearers of Tokyo, Photograph, Herbert George Ponting, ca. 1904
Coaling an Ocean Steamship at Nagasaki, Photograph, Herbert George Ponting, ca. 1904
Pilgrims at the End of their Ascent, on Fujiyama, Photograph, Herbert George Ponting, ca. 1904
Peering from the Rim down into the Crater of Fujiyama, Photograph, Herbert George Ponting, ca. 1904
Stereoscopic views of Canada and America, Photograph, Underwood & Underwood, ca. 1902
Serene Simplicity of the Home of Count Okuma, Tokyo, Photograph, Herbert George Ponting, ca. 1904
Dwarf Pines and maples in Count Okuma's greenhouse, Tokyo, Photograph, Herbert George Ponting, ca. 1904
Watching a free show on a street of Theatres, Tokyo, Photograph, Herbert George Ponting, ca. 1904
Flower Lovers under Wisteria Arbors at Kaineido, Tokyo, Photograph, Herbert George Ponting, ca. 1904
Girl sleeping in a Tea-House at Hikone, Photograph, Herbert George Ponting, ca. 1904
Stereograph of Anne Hathaway's cottage in Shottery, Stratford-on-Avon, England, Photograph, Underwood, ca. 1885-1910
Glorious Fuji seen through the Pines at Lake Motosu, Photograph, Herbert George Ponting, ca. 1904
Stereoscopic views of Canada and America, Photograph, Underwood & Underwood, ca. 1902
Stereoscopic views of Canada and America, Photograph, Underwood & Underwood, ca. 1902
A busy freight canal in Tokyo, Photograph, Herbert George Ponting, ca. 1904
Count Okuma, leader of the "Progressive" party, in his home, Tokyo, Photograph, Herbert George Ponting, ca. 1904
Wood Carving on the Great Gate at Nikko, Photograph, Strohmeyer, ca. 1896
A Sudden, Terrific Volcanic Explosion at the Crater of Asama- Yama, Japan, Photograph, Herbert George Ponting, ca. 1904
Looking toward the Setting Sun over Lake Chuzenji, Photograph, Herbert George Ponting, ca. 1904
Coming and Going at the Temple of Inari, Kyoto, Photograph, Herbert George Ponting, ca. 1904
Looking North over the port of Nagasaki, Photograph, Herbert George Ponting, ca. 1904
Farmers spreading millet to dry, Photograph, Herbert George Ponting, ca. 1904
The liberal arts pavillion at the World's Fair, Photograph, Underwood, ca. 1890-1910
Gateway to a Shinto Temple (Kameido), Tokyo, Photograph, Herbert George Ponting, ca. 1904
Pilgrim-beggars beating their gongs, Photograph, Herbert George Ponting, ca. 1904
Stereoscopic views of Canada and America, Photograph, Underwood & Underwood, ca. 1904
Stereoscopic views of Canada and America, Photograph, Underwood & Underwood, ca. 1900
Splashing waters of a cascade at Yumoto, Photograph, Herbert George Ponting, ca. 1904
Looking from the heights of Suwayama, over Kobe, Photograph, Herbert George Ponting, ca. 1904
Counting the stone lanterns at Nara, Photograph, Herbert George Ponting, ca. 1904
Where the Tides Climb the Temple Stairs, Miyajima, Photograph, Herbert George Ponting, ca. 1904
A Gay Procession Carrying Sacred Objects through Street, Kyoto, Photograph, Herbert George Ponting, ca. 1904
Stereoscopic views of Canada and America, Photograph, Underwood & Underwood, ca. 1900-1915
Stereoscopic views of Canada and America, Photograph, Underwood & Underwood, ca. 1902
Charming Geishas at Dinner, Photograph, Herbert George Ponting, ca. 1904
Dining in Japan, Photograph, Strohmeyer, ca. 1896
Midsummer traffic on a busy street in Kyoto, Photograph, Herbert George Ponting, ca. 1904- View of the Hungarian Vase Exhibit at the 1862 International Exhibition, Photograph, England, William, 1862
- Watching an Eruption of Steam and Boiling Mud at Aso San, Photograph, Herbert George Ponting, ca. 1904
- Rice fields in the old crater of Aso San, Photograph, Herbert George Ponting, ca. 1904
- Flailing Barley beside the Inland Sea, Photograph, Herbert George Ponting, ca. 1904
- Extraordinary five-arch bridge, Iwakuni, Photograph, Herbert George Ponting, ca. 1904
- Thrifty Farmers' Wives at Work, Iwakuni, Photograph, Herbert George Ponting, ca. 1904
- Summer evening meal at a hotel, Hiroshima, Photograph, Herbert George Ponting, ca. 1904
- Fishing Village of Obatake on the Inland Sea, Photograph, Herbert George Ponting, ca. 1904
- A silvery path over the Inland Sea, Photograph, Herbert George Ponting, ca. 1904
- The Golden Autumn day in Silence and Sunshine Glides Away, Photograph, Herbert George Ponting, ca. 1904
- Beautiful stone lanterns at Osaka, Photograph, Herbert George Ponting, ca. 1904
- Feudal Castle (16th century) at Osaka, Photograph, Herbert George Ponting, ca. 1904
- Looking from Tennoji Pagoda over Osaka, Photograph, Herbert George Ponting, ca. 1904
- Patient Labourers Transplanting Rice, Photograph, Herbert George Ponting, ca. 1904
- Ploughing Flooded Ground for Rice Planting, Photograph, Herbert George Ponting, ca. 1904
- Exciting Experience Shooting the Hozu Rapids near Kyoto, Photograph, Herbert George Ponting, ca. 1904
- Workmen watching kilns full of porcelain, Kyoto, Photograph, Herbert George Ponting, ca. 1904
- A Potter and His Wheel, Kinkosan Porcelain Works, Kyoto, Photograph, Herbert George Ponting, ca. 1904
- The great bell at Chion-in Temple, Kyoto, Photograph, Herbert George Ponting, ca. 1904
- Bamboo avenue at Kyoto, Photograph, Herbert George Ponting, ca. 1904
- Yasaka Pagoda, Kyoto, Photograph, Herbert George Ponting, ca. 1904
- A Fortune-Teller at Inari Temple, Kyoto, Photograph, Herbert George Ponting, ca. 1904
- Women pilgrims approaching a temple, Kyoto, Photograph, Herbert George Ponting, ca. 1904
- Photograph, Herbert George Ponting, ca. 1904
- A pine-tree trained into the shape of boat, Photograph, Herbert George Ponting, ca. 1904
- Drooping clusters of Wisteria over a tea-house, Kyoto, Photograph, Herbert George Ponting, ca. 1904
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