A haunting photo collection of famous people’s death masks, 1300-1950

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Death masks are fascinating but slightly haunting relics from an age before photos. Until cameras rendered them redundant, it was common for notable people to have metal, wax or plaster applied to their face when they had died, creating a “death mask”. The motivation behind the masks morphed with time. It was a way for […]

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