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Browere's life masks of great Americans (1899)

Hart, Charles Henry, 1847-1918 · [New York] Printed at the De Vinne press for Doubleday and McClure company · leaf 200

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erefore his greatestachievements were in robust parts requiring physical power,where he could rant and rage at will. In youth he must havehad a singularly handsome face, and he was but twenty-one,in 1827, when Browere made his life mask. It was duringan engagement at the old Bowery theatre, New… … Life Masks 103 luxurious locks. This effect happened in this wise. Forrest wasa novice on the stage and had just made his first appearance asWilliam Tell. Browere saw the performance, and was so struckwith the personality of the young actor that he asked permissionto take his mask. Forrest…

Browere, John Henri Isaac, 1792-1834 · Masks (Sculpture) · Sculpture, American

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