Collection Highlights
The N. O. massacre
Date:
1866
Object Number:
LIB.SY.1866.43
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Francois Joseph Talma
Object Number:
1946.354
Date:
ca. 1850
Medium:
Painted plaster
Dimensions:
Overall: 13 x 7 x 6 1/2 in. ( 33 x 17.8 x 16.5 cm )
Marks:
paper label: on front: "FRANCOIS JOSEPH TALMA/French Actor."
inscribed: on back in pencil: "Talma 82"
paper label: on back: "Talma death mask 10-82"
Description:
Death mask.
Gallery Label:
This cast was part of the Phrenological Museum of Fowler & Wells, which opened in New York City in 1842. Brothers Orson Squire Fowler (1809-1887) and Lorenzo Niles Fowler (1811-1896) and their business associate Samuel Roberts Wells (1820-1875) were noted phrenologists who read heads to understand the subject's "temperament." Their Phrenological Cabinet displaying casts, skulls, and charts became a popular fixture in the city.
Credit Line:
Purchase, General Fund
Provenance:
The Fowler Mask Collection
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
