Tag: plaster cast
Facial Hair Friday: The Death Mask of Walter Q. Gresham
Today’s featured facial hair is especially appropriate for the approaching Halloween weekend. It’s the plaster cast of a beard, taken of the deceased Walter Q. Gresham, who was Secretary of State at the time of his death in May of 1895. This death mask—complete with a few beard hairs stuck in it—may seem like an oddity [...]
Posted by Hilary on October 28, 2011, under Facial Hair Fridays.
Tags: beard, death mask, facial hair, Halloween, plaster cast, Secretary of State, Walter Q. Grisham
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