Death Mask of Dr. Horace Wells

Item Information

Title:
Death Mask of Dr. Horace Wells
Description:
This bronze mask was made, probably in 1875, from a plaster original taken at Dr. Wells’ death. It was used by sculptor Truman Howe Bartlett as the basis for his statue of Horace Wells which stands in Hartford today.
Date:
1875
Genre:
Bronze
Location:
Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection (local):
Boston Medical Library Art and Artifact Collection
Series:
Boston Medical Library Art and Artifact Collection
Extent:
1 object
Link to Item:
http://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/items/show/6407
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
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Notes:
Gift of Truman Howe Bartlett to the Boston Medical Library, 1877
Identifier:
E2003.1.20