James William Carling illustration for “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe, 1880Lt. Joe Petrosino NYPD, the Italian Sherlock Holmes ‘The Beautiful Nurse’ Illustrator unknown, 1910Faust in his Study or Faust’s Dream, 1852, by Carl Gustav CarusVirgil Finlay (194-1971) was an American pulp fantasy science fiction and horror illustrator.Adelaide Claxton (British painter) 1835 – ca. 1905Lt. Joe Petrosino NYPD, the Italian Sherlock Holmes ‘The Beautiful Nurse’ Illustrator unknown, 1910Charles Altamont Doyle (1832-1893) His St Giles bells personified memories recalled by the bells as they ring a merry midnightPoster advertising The Ghost BreakersA ghost by Hannes BokKazuno KoharaThe House Ghost by Ludvig Holberg, illustrated by Hans Tegner 1896Carl Larsson, Guardian Angel ghostGhosts! George Cruikshank (1792–1878); from George Cruikshank’s Omnibus, 1842Illustrator-Rea Irvin (1881-1972)The Illustrated Police News, London, England, December 28, 1872 The Appearance of Another GhostEdward Gorey 1974. See: Edward Gorey, Misunderstood GeniusDorrie and the Screebit Ghost 1979 from the series by Patricia CoombsLeonora Carrington, British-Mexican painterGhost, Thomas Nast, 1867HALLOWEEN POSTCARD, GIBSON PUBLISHING, ca 1915 ghostElizabeth, the Cow Ghost, 1936, William du BoisPictorial Review magazine, October 29, 1950 before release of Alice In Wonderland 1951Ghost mother and child (In Abol Tabol)… Originally published in the year 1909 Painted by Sukumar RayFrank C. Papé (4 July 1878 – 5 May 1972)
Alberto Martini (1876 – 1954) for an Edgar Allan Poe poem ghost girl art deco
“Mountain Ghost,” illustration by Hwa San-chiuen (1930–2004)Frontispiece to Kwaidan Stories and Studies of Strange Things (1904), traditional Japanese ghost stories compiled by Lafcadio HearnDraugen, ca. 1891 The Sea Ghost, Theodor KittelsenTsukioka Yoshitoshi also known as Taiso Yoshitoshi (1839-1892), kiyohime turning into a snake at the hidaka river, from the series new forms of thirty-six ghosts, 1889-1892The Open Road For Boys Magazine ghost knightGeorge Grosz. Ghosts. 1934GhostbustersHow To Make Friends With A GhostFern Bisel Peat (US, 1893-1971) was art director of Play Mate magazine at this time. A girl dressed as a witch dances with another child dressed as a ghost.comic by Poorly Drawn LinesOtsuyu Kaidan botan-dooroo, The Haunted Lantern, Masaru Tsushima, 1998, Wife in former life plagues husband as ghost in the present, based on The Peony Lantern
Header illustration: Walter MacEwen – The Absent One on All Souls’ Day
Whether they appear wispy or solid, often a full-bodied, non-Bedsheet apparition is depicted in values of only one color, often white/grey or blue. If there is an exception, however, it will be for the eyes.
