We are familiar with Madame Tussaud's famous, almo...  ...elebrities, and sculptures made from their actual death masks was the key to authenticity.The work required equ...  ...enforcement as she started work on Marat’s death mask .Madame Tussaud eventually moved to England and op...

Before the age of photography, there was a strange...  ...he face of the recently departed. These " death masks " were mementos of the dead, though they also...  ...ds of unknown corpses. Here's a collection of death masks of the famous at Socyberty. To the left is Alfred...  ...t is Alfred Hit...