Collection Highlights
New York City Hall, front elevation
Date:
1802
Object Number:
PR.040.1
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Stephen Burroughs (1795-1840)
Object Number:
1946.366
Date:
Mid-19th century
Medium:
Off-white painted plaster
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 3/4 x 6 1/4 x 9 in. ( 27.3 x 15.9 x 22.9 cm )
Marks:
inscribed: on interior in pencil: "Stephen Buroughs"
paper label: under chin: "Burrough head 22-87, STEPHEN BURROUGHS/American Adventurer"
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.
