Title page from The Ghost by Charles Churchill.

The hazy mirroring is due to a bleeding of the ink through the page. But how apropos: the words transcend one
plane and emerge on another. Note the period after the word ghost. This book’s title is truly a "death sentence.”

~ Unsubstantiated Insubstantiality ~

Portrait from Memoir of Maj.-Gen. George H. Thomas.

“He’s here, or it’s the ghost of his hat!” —Frank Dumont, The Cuban Spy

~ Unsubstantiated Insubstantiality ~

Portrait from The Life of Captain John Smith.

"A vague, almost ghostly outline, losing itself, in shadows, among the tombs.” —Mary V. Spencer

~ Unsubstantiated Insubstantiality ~

Portrait from Memoir of the Honorable Abbott Lawrence.

In this haunting, Laurence’s ghost appears four times, three of which resemble film negatives. Note also that the scanning machine has graced Laurence’s portrait with a striped aura.

~ Unsubstantiated Insubstantiality ~

Portrait from Memoir of Eli Whitney.

"A faint shadow stole over the room; while the countenance of the Medium had become so gloomy that the shadow seemed really only a reflection of it.” —Blackwood’s Magazine

~ Unsubstantiated Insubstantiality ~

Portrait from The Autobiography of Rev. Thomas Conant.

“A dim, indistinct outline of a ghostly face staring out.” —James Coates, Photographing the Invisible