Digital Commonwealth — Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Death Mask of Dr. Horace Wells
1875
This bronze mask was made, probably in 1875, from a plaster original taken at Dr. Wells’ death. It was used by sculptor Truman Howe Bartlett as the basis for his statue of Horace Wells which stands in Hartford today.
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