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  • Collection: Fear & Fascination

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Doll, dressed in the ordinary costume of the Vallahadhes, Yanina in Epirus, West Macedonia.

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Cabinet belonging to James Grant Bey, containing his scarab collection. Each scarab is mounted and the collection is ordered in chronological sequence.

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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

A black rectangle with a swirl pattern in one corner, and the words "Fear and Fascination" in pink.

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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…

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