hauntedgardenbook:

For All Souls Day: Spirit hands seem to scatter ethereal flowers over the portrait sitter, in this carte-de-visite by the man called “the world’s first ghost photographer.”
Artist: William H. Mumler (American, 1832 – 1884). Title: [Unidentified woman seated with arms of a “spirit” over her head], 1862 – 1875. Albumen silver print, 3 15/16 × 2 ¼ in. The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles.