Death mask
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A death mask is a likeness of a person's face after their death, usually made by taking a cast or impression from the corpse. Death masks may be mementos of the dead or be used for creation of portrai
The death mask of 18th century sailor Richard Parker
Posthumous portrait bust of Henry VII of England by Pietro Torrigiano, supposedly made using his death mask
Bronze death mask of Napoleon
19th-century death mask of an infant
Post-mortem photography
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Post-mortem photography is the practice of photographing the recently deceased. Various cultures use and have used this practice, though the best-studied area of post-mortem photography is that of Eur
Death mask
…centuries, masks were also used to permanently record the features of unknown corpses for purposes of identification. This function was later replaced by post-mortem photography. Masks of deceased people are part of traditions in many countries. The most important process of the funeral ceremony in ancient Egypt was the…
Post-mortem photograph of the Norwegian theologian Bernhard Pauss with flowers, photographed by Gustav Borgen, Christiania, November 1907
Post-mortem photograph of Emperor Frederick III of Germany, 1888.
Post-mortem photograph of Brazil's deposed emperor Pedro II, taken by Nadar, 1891.
Syrian bishop seated in state at his funeral (ca. 1945).