An artist to whom I have shown this photograph, together with the full-length photographs of “Iris” published…
- Date of account
- Published 1923
- Source
- The Case Against Spirit Photographs
- Reference
- The Case Against Spirit Photographs · selected passage 67
- Rights
- public_domain
- Language
- English
- Record updated
- 2026-08-24
Record summary
An artist to whom I have shown this photograph, together with the full-length photographs of “Iris” published with the earlier article in the Strand Magazine, is of opinion that the fairy has the same figure and features as Iris, and, in fact, may very well be a photograph of Iris herself, attired in a bathing dress an…
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Source passage
Source text · mention onlyAn artist to whom I have shown this photograph, together with the full-length photographs of “Iris” published with the earlier article in the _Strand Magazine_, is of opinion that the fairy has the same figure and features as Iris, and, in fact, may very well be a photograph of Iris herself, attired in a bathing dress and some butter muslin, and with the addition of wings! The photographs of Iris show a rather characteristic poise of the head, which is also seen in the fairy. This is only a suggestion, however; the photographs are too small for certain identification. In any case, the fairy figure is certainly of human proportions.
Historical context
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Modern context
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