Whitman’s Death Mask, March 27, 1892 taken by Samuel Murry who was assisted by Thomas Eakins, William R. O’Donovan, and Edward W. Boulton.
Title
Whitman’s Death Mask, March 27, 1892 taken by Samuel Murry who was assisted by Thomas Eakins, William R. O’Donovan, and Edward W. Boulton.
Subject
Walt Whitman
Description
Whitman’s Death Mask, March 27, 1892 taken by Samuel Murry who was assisted by Thomas Eakins, William R. O’Donovan, and Edward W. Boulton.
This is a second generation of the poet’s death mask. The number of copies is unknown, but it is quite rare. The original (still containing hair from Whitman’s beard) is in the Houghton Library at Harvard. Another version, with the mask elaborated into a full sculptured head, is in the Laurence Hutton Collection of Life and Death Masks at Princeton. Another version is in the Hoover Library at McDaniel College, a gift of Dr. Henry Mc Comas who was himself a mask maker and made copies of his own collection.
This is a second generation of the poet’s death mask. The number of copies is unknown, but it is quite rare. The original (still containing hair from Whitman’s beard) is in the Houghton Library at Harvard. Another version, with the mask elaborated into a full sculptured head, is in the Laurence Hutton Collection of Life and Death Masks at Princeton. Another version is in the Hoover Library at McDaniel College, a gift of Dr. Henry Mc Comas who was himself a mask maker and made copies of his own collection.
Publisher
Please cite DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University as the source of this file. A high-resolution version of this file may be obtained for a fee. For details, see the https://www.smu.edu/libraries/degolyer/research/permissions web page. For more information, contact degolyer@smu.edu.
Date
March 27, 1892
Rights
Please cite DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University as the source of this file. A high-resolution version of this file may be obtained for a fee. For details, see the https://www.smu.edu/libraries/degolyer/research/permissions web page. For more information, contact degolyer@smu.edu.
Language
English
Type
Still Image
Files
Citation
“Whitman’s Death Mask, March 27, 1892 taken by Samuel Murry who was assisted by Thomas Eakins, William R. O’Donovan, and Edward W. Boulton.,” DeGolyer Library Exhibits, accessed May 5, 2024, https://degolyer.omeka.net/items/show/872.