Masks (Sculpture)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = AMS
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Life-mask of J. W von Goethe, and correspondence relating to Weisser the maker of the mask
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1322
Scope and Contents
The collection is composed of:
This is one of only two examples of Goethe's life-mask. It had been sent to Thomas Carlyle by J. P. Eckermann and hung in Carlyle's home for many years. On Carlyle's death it was presented to David Masson, Professor of Rhetoric and English Literature at Edinburgh, and on his death was given by the Masson family to Professor Hume Brown who in turn bequeathed it to Edinburgh...
Dates:
1807-1920
Mask of Dante Alighieri
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1723
Scope and Contents
Death mask of Italian poet Dante Alighieri. A death mask is a wax or a plaster cast made of a person's face after they have died.
Dates:
unknown