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Mask of George Washington.
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Creator
Houdon, Jean-Antoine, 1741-1828.
Title
Mask of George Washington.
Date
Ca. 1785-1792?
Physical Description
Plaster ; 12 x 9 x 4 inches.
Is referenced by
Watson, John F. Annals of Philadelphia. Philadelphia: Willis P. Hazard, 1879, vol. 3, p. 339.
Sawyer, Joseph Sawyer. Washington. New York: Macmillan, 1927, Vol. 2, p. 512.
Notes
In 1785, Houdon accompanied Benjamin Franklin to visit Washington at his Mount Vernon home. Houdon spent two weeks at Mount Vernon, sketching, measuring, and observing the General as well as creating this plaster life mask. He returned to Paris and used this mask to aid him in sculpting a marble, life-sized sculpture of Washington which still resides in the Richmond Capitol. There are four known copies of the mask in existence.
Subject
Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Portraits.
Life mask.
Genre
Sculpture.
Location
OBJ 542
Accession number
OBJ 542
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Art and Artifacts Collection
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