Collection Highlights
William Walton (1706-1768)
Date:
ca. 1750
Object Number:
1902.3
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Samuel Finley Breese Morse (1791-1872)
Object Number:
1946.358
Date:
ca. 1872
Medium:
Painted and overpainted plaster
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 x 7 x 9 in. ( 27.9 x 17.8 x 22.9 cm )
Marks:
inscribed: on back of neck: "1 -- 8"
inscribed: across back of neck in pencil: "Samuel B Morse"
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.
