tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319886081447332049.post4178998925849068534..comments2024-02-18T20:30:02.769-08:00Comments on Historically Obsessed : HFBRT Christine Trent A ROYAL LIKENESS Event: Death Masks of EuropeLizziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06610444517085989215noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319886081447332049.post-42294783778202938052017-07-26T10:10:47.613-07:002017-07-26T10:10:47.613-07:00Thank you Nanci this post is bar far my favorite a...Thank you Nanci this post is bar far my favorite and notable. I really enjoyed putting this one together because like you mentioned it is fascinating to see what they actually looked like. Lizziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06610444517085989215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319886081447332049.post-2299628700032797762017-07-26T10:09:14.578-07:002017-07-26T10:09:14.578-07:00Sounds interesting can you send me a link though?Sounds interesting can you send me a link though?Lizziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06610444517085989215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319886081447332049.post-45792946029223237142017-07-13T17:10:08.050-07:002017-07-13T17:10:08.050-07:00Fantastic post and pictures. It's so amazing a...Fantastic post and pictures. It's so amazing and so interesting to see what all these historical people really looked like. Such well done work, so caring and loving. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11105246543557607608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319886081447332049.post-38028786414501860792015-07-14T15:27:43.825-07:002015-07-14T15:27:43.825-07:00Read my article "Marie Antoinette: History...Read my article "Marie Antoinette: History's Fortean Queen" at PublisHistory as to how the future Madame Tussard created the Queen's death mask.Greg Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03304222827600832681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319886081447332049.post-43496985339571735382014-01-15T17:29:45.350-08:002014-01-15T17:29:45.350-08:00Thanks for the heads up Dan I had a really hard ti...Thanks for the heads up Dan I had a really hard time finding any information on the mask. I appreciate your insight. Lizziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06610444517085989215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319886081447332049.post-18258677266622783692013-12-19T20:12:24.489-08:002013-12-19T20:12:24.489-08:00I don't suppose it matters too much, but the B...I don't suppose it matters too much, but the Beethoven mask you have is his life mask, not his death mask. The life mask was done 15 years before his death. The death mask looks quite different.Uncle Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01162311470494989269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319886081447332049.post-62585107060650096222013-11-18T15:58:05.249-08:002013-11-18T15:58:05.249-08:00Allison, I agree the paintings are all romantisied...Allison, I agree the paintings are all romantisied and really give a gauge idea of what they were really like. I guess that went with the times then. Too bad we suffer for it now. I have not seen the Elizabeth I death mask but I bet it looks nothing like I would expect. Lizziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06610444517085989215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319886081447332049.post-30268384375531720692013-09-16T18:15:37.144-07:002013-09-16T18:15:37.144-07:00I have been looking at death masks for weeks on Bi...I have been looking at death masks for weeks on Bing and Google. I am obsessed with unearthing a royal like Henry VIII to reconstruct his face to see what he really looked like, get DNA if possible to see what he really died from. It is a fact that royal painters added much to their subjects. Elizabeth I death mask looks NOTHING like her paintings.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04748222428622318112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319886081447332049.post-61216665741105787682011-06-25T11:05:44.386-07:002011-06-25T11:05:44.386-07:00Leokiddi469, really I never came across any mentio...Leokiddi469, really I never came across any mention of that in my research on it. Very interesting and thanks for sharing!Lizziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06610444517085989215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319886081447332049.post-5136154605962590202011-06-25T11:01:45.301-07:002011-06-25T11:01:45.301-07:00The reason why Napoleon's death mask may not l...The reason why Napoleon's death mask may not look anything like him is that historians believe his real death mask was accidentally broken. To cover up the blunder, the mask was replaced with one cast from someone who somewhat may have resembled him.leokidd1469https://www.blogger.com/profile/03018109816413496285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319886081447332049.post-61147815385509075422010-12-13T14:07:12.316-08:002010-12-13T14:07:12.316-08:00Meljprincess, I am so so glad you found me and tha...Meljprincess, I am so so glad you found me and thank you to Christine for sending you my way. I always love positive feedback. I love it when I find a blog that is all the stuff I like because it is like where have you been all my life?<br /><br />Librarypat, hey there! I know Napoleon really did shock me too. I also did not anticipate the more prominent features. In so many of his paintings he is more soft and rounded rather that longer and angular like the mask. It really is nice to get a glimpse of the real him. You know I tried to find that out about Rescue-Annie. Maybe it was because the mask was so fashionable for so long it France it just carried over into modern times. She was a beautiful woman, I think it is her expression that is more moving than her beauty. She looks almost happy to be dead, weird right?Lizziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06610444517085989215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319886081447332049.post-7869231205245607392010-12-12T21:41:02.590-08:002010-12-12T21:41:02.590-08:00Thank you for taking the time to research this top...Thank you for taking the time to research this topic. It is most interesting. Napoleon's was the one that surprised me the most. His face was longer than I expected and the profile was a surprise. It is much more prominent than it appears in paintings. What was surprising was how lovely several of them were. I can see how it would be a good way to have a likeness of someone since photography wasn't an option. <br />Curious about Rescue-Anne. I wonder why they decided to use such an old mask to copy it from. She was a pretty woman.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319886081447332049.post-54912969120639708612010-12-10T07:19:01.923-08:002010-12-10T07:19:01.923-08:00Lizzy, this post is fantastic! I enjoyed seeing al...Lizzy, this post is fantastic! I enjoyed seeing all the death masks. KUDOS! I am so happy I found this blog...<br />Well I had a little help from Christine. :-)Meljprincesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05923768085680554717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319886081447332049.post-49675424864949658652010-12-09T09:17:20.512-08:002010-12-09T09:17:20.512-08:00Dolleygurl, that is what I thought I never would h...Dolleygurl, that is what I thought I never would have thought. Napoleon shocked me the most. Thank you I am just happy to share.<br /><br />Christine, Welcome welcome I am so happy to see you paid a visit. Martin Luther really looks scary but it is interesting to see what he really looked like. I swear it is the eyes of his that have a creepy look to it. I am glad you enjoyed the post I was so excited for everyone to see it and thank you for inspiring me to write about it.Lizziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06610444517085989215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319886081447332049.post-87971882196628432812010-12-09T06:00:30.801-08:002010-12-09T06:00:30.801-08:00Lizzy, you found some death/life mask photos I'...Lizzy, you found some death/life mask photos I'd never seen before. The Martin Luther mask/gloves were particularly fascinating to me. Great research for your article.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319886081447332049.post-66735358623536638682010-12-08T16:08:32.084-08:002010-12-08T16:08:32.084-08:00Wow - these are all fantastic and I would never ha...Wow - these are all fantastic and I would never have thought so of them looked like that. Simply and amazing post, Lizzy.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16609161113240681299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319886081447332049.post-74944681154972082372010-12-08T13:44:49.811-08:002010-12-08T13:44:49.811-08:00Virginiebarbeau, trust me it is a must. By far I l...Virginiebarbeau, trust me it is a must. By far I love a unique story line and the wax work added a whole new aspect to the book that I loved. <br /><br />Pricilla, I know can you believe thy were used in helping families identify lost loved ones, I guess they had to since there was no photography then. I know right they so have down played there flaws and this shows the true them. Napoleon shocked me the most he looks nothing like his paintings. But I was thinking about it and maybe just maybe he looks so different because of the hard years he spent in St. Helena, maybe that slow poisoning of arsenic the British gave him tore him up before he died.<br /><br />Colleen, I agree the painting like fantasize them and make them more perfect than they really are. But I guess that is par for the course when you are a ruler.<br /><br />Leslie, Hehe I am glad you like them I was so so excited for everyone to see the post. I am HAPPY happy that everyone is enjoying it as much as me. What I omitted that was really fascinating was George Washington and Abe Lincoln both had life masks made too. George shocked me really he was a handsome man. The one that scared me the most besides Martin Luther is Joseph Smith had one made and he is one of the founders of the Mormon church and he had a death mask made. It was CREEPY to say the least.<br /><br />Juliet, WELCOME and yes you did find em on the perfect day! I am so glad you enjoyed the post. I love the picture of Wax Marie at the top that is how I picture her not that scary head below. She must have been beautiful. Oooh your working on a novel about MA? Sounds very intriguing!!!!<br /><br />I also wonder about Madame and how she really felt about the forced masks. I am really looking forward to Michelle Moran's release about Madame's early years in France during the revolution. I know it is a scary thought to have to put aside personal feeling to see something so horrific.Lizziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06610444517085989215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319886081447332049.post-89623681857558136692010-12-08T10:05:18.138-08:002010-12-08T10:05:18.138-08:00Wow, Lizzy, I discovered your blog at a perfect ti...Wow, Lizzy, I discovered your blog at a perfect time! The death masks of Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI are so stirring and really inform my own research as I work on my novels about Marie Antoinette. Paintings can only show one dimension and sculptures flatter. But the death masks, macabre as they are, give us a far better sense of what Marie Antoinette and Louis actually looked like.<br /><br />I wonder how Madame Tussaud felt being forced by the Revolutionaries to accomplish such a gruesome task for posterity. Did she think about it at the time? Did she think about the stench? I think about the photo-journalists who cover war zones and other tragedies and have to document them for posterity. How do they set aside their feelings so they can do their work?<br /><br />And I'll be sure to check out Christine Trent's A ROYAL LIKENESS!Juliet Greyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04015451937675362590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319886081447332049.post-84911721049417713512010-12-08T09:53:35.292-08:002010-12-08T09:53:35.292-08:00This is an amazing post, Lizzy. One of my favorit...This is an amazing post, Lizzy. One of my favorites, ever. It's fascinating to see what these historical figures really looked like. Thanks for all the images and the poignant and pertinent quotes you found from the personages themselves.Leslie Carrollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09024567064317102889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319886081447332049.post-56807001805662828132010-12-08T09:18:20.497-08:002010-12-08T09:18:20.497-08:00Absolutely fascinating post! It is so cool to get ...Absolutely fascinating post! It is so cool to get a better representation of what these people I have read so much about REALLY looked like. So often the paintings just don't do it!<br />Thanks!Colleen Turnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04976640192696124574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319886081447332049.post-19159213706816429662010-12-08T09:13:20.481-08:002010-12-08T09:13:20.481-08:00You know, in a way it was the manner of almost kee...You know, in a way it was the manner of almost keeping them alive.<br />Some of those surprised me as they look nothing like most portraits. Since many artists strove to please their patrons they would ignore or downplay flaws.<br /><br />Napoleon looks nothing like he is most often portrayed.<br /><br />Fascinating post.brokenteepeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06907414560986208401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319886081447332049.post-62111730127855099762010-12-08T08:34:29.025-08:002010-12-08T08:34:29.025-08:00Looks like this book is a must read for me!Looks like this book is a must read for me!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com