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  • Collection: Fear & Fascination

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Black and white image of a woman pulling back a curtain to reveal the body of a man lying draped over the side of a bed.

Black and white image of a horned figure (Pan) on the left looking at a blindfolded woman as they walk towards each other in the woods.

Front cover of the novel "The Beetle". A blue book cover with the words "The Beetle, A Mystery", "Richard Marsh". An oval image in the centre depicts a man walking towards a bed that contains a bald man staring at him form the side of his eye.

A metal breastplate

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Video of a house, inspired by M.R. James's "The Mezzotint" for the exhibition "Fear & Fascination: A Gothic exhibition"
M. R. James (1862-1936), the “father of ghost stories”, was a master of quiet horror. He built suspense through the gradual…

Foreign Influence

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Pink box containing the quote "...A poisonous book, the atmosphere of which is heavy with the mephitic odours of moral and spiritual putrefaction..." - Critic's review of The Picture of Dorian Gray in the Daily Chronicle, 1890
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