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Show TAKINO DEATH MABKS. One of the grimmest tasks that fall to the lot of the sculptor It that of taking death maiks. This Is often the ess where a statue Is to be madt of the deceased, for the feature arc Indelibly In-delibly and perfectly preserved by this method. Up to the lstt century It ttetni to hav been a comnum iulrw.rta.-Uk death marks, and there aro a number of celebrated collritlons of Ursa relics ot tome of the great perioniin who one made history Charles I. and Cromwell, his great rltul. ire preserved pre-served to us In this way There are a fn art works that have the fascination fascina-tion ot these "froxen" lineaments, with all the ruggednett nnd cmy tear preserved. pre-served. It It very easy to make a milk. The face Is oiled and soft plaster pressed down upon the countenance After obtaining this mold It Is only necessary neces-sary to fill It with melted wax to ob tain a perfetl cast. Nollekeni, the celebrated sculptor of the last century, cen-tury, always mixed up his plxter and bad his kit ready when ho u th death ot any well-known person announced. an-nounced. In case ho should be summoned sum-moned to lake a mask It ts bis shrewdness that enabled Nnllekfat to leavu a fortune of 11,000,000 when h died. |
