| LC control no. | n 2008010744 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Houghton, Georgiana, 1814-1884 |
| Variant(s) | Houghton, Miss, 1814-1884 |
| Located | Kentish Town (London, England) |
| Birth date | 1814-04-20 |
| Death date | 1884 |
| Place of birth | Las Palmas (Canary Islands) |
| Profession or occupation | Artists Spiritualists Mediums |
| Found in | Houghton, Georgiana. Evenings at home in spiritual séance, 1881: t.p. (Miss Houghton) ; p. vii (Georgiana Houghton) spirithistory.com/namekey, web site, 13 Feb. 2008 (hdg.: Houghton, Georgiana, 1814-1884) Wikipedia, July 22, 2021 (Georgiana Houghton; Georgiana Houghton (1814-1884) was a British artist and spiritualist medium; Houghton was born in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria but later moved to London; she produced her first abstract works, then referred to as 'spirit' drawings, in 1859 at private séances; she exhibited a collection of abstract watercolour drawings to the public at an exhibition at the New British Gallery in Bond Street, London in 1871; Houghton became associated with the fraudulent spirit photographer Frederick Hudson to sell reproductions of his photographs; in 1882, Houghton published Chronicles of the Photographs of Spiritual Beings and Phenomena Invisible to the Material Eye) georgianahoughton.com, July 22, 2021 (Georgiana Houghton (1814-1884) was born to British parents Mary Warrand and George Houghton on April 20, 1814 in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria; the family lived in Kentish Town, North London and spent frequent periods of time overseas in the Canary Islands and Madeira) |
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