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Life mask   /laɪf mæsk/   Listen
Life mask

noun
1.
A cast taken from the face of a living person.






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"Life mask" Quotes from Famous Books



... aspiring melancholy marks a portrait done in France, just before the expedition to Scotland. Le Toque's fine portrait of the Prince in armour (1748) shows a manly and martial but rather sinister countenance. A plaster bust, done from a life mask, if not from Le Moine's bust in marble (1750), was thought the best likeness by Dr. King. This bust was openly sold in Red Lion Square, and, when Charles visited Dr. King in September 1750, the Doctor's servant observed the resemblance. I have never seen a copy of this bust, and the medal struck ...
— Pickle the Spy • Andrew Lang



Words linked to "Life mask" :   casting, cast



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