Hutton(and others)Collection of Life and Death Masks

Princeton University Library

 

Storage location as of 15 July 1993

 

As of 15 July 1993, the death masks are stored in five separate locations. What follows is a list of masks held at each location. The major subdivisions of the over-all list are the various locations.

 

 

I. 63 record center cartons stored on 1st floor in Rare Books:

These boxes are labeled one through sixty-three.

 About 100 masks in these boxes.

 

II. 7 odd fellows stored in B-9-B-2:

4 w/ boxes

3 w/o boxes

  

III. Eight odd fellows in Tower w/o boxes

 

IV. About a dozen odd fellows in Theatre collection

 

V. About six in Scribner room

 

 

 

I. 63 record center cartons on 1st floor:

 

These boxes are arranged numerically 1-63, starting with box one in the overhead cabinets in Don Skemer's office, continuing through the upper cabinets behind the secretary's desk in the Kane room and ending in the upper cabinets to the right of the secretary's desk in the Boyd room.

 

** Names in parentheses indicate donor **

> Ex 67 Beethoven, Ludwig von (1770-1827)

Box 1

From the original life mask by

F. Klein 1812 (Hutton)

 

> Ex 67 Beethoven, Ludwig von (1770-1827)

Box 2

From the original life mask by

F. Klein 1812 (Hutton)

 

> Ex 4412 Beethoven life (?) mask (bronze)

Box 2

2 copies

(Mrs. Payson Merrill, 12/2/1921)

 

> Ex 68 Beethoven, Ludwig von

Box 3

(both) From the original death mask

2 copies (Hutton)

 

> Ex 68 Beethoven, Ludwig von

Box 34

From the original death mask

(copy #3)

 

> Ex 32 Bentham, Jeremy (1748-1832) Author

Box 1

From original death mask (Hutton)

 

> Ex 93 Brougham, Henry Peter (Lord Brougham

Box 4

and Vaux), (1778-1868) Lord

Chancellor of England. Original life

mask from the collection of G. Combe

(Hutton)

 

> Ex 74 Bruce, Robert. Cast of skull (Hutton)

Box 5

 

 

 

> Ex 44 Brunel, Isambard Kingdom (1806-1859)

Box 4

English engineer. From the original

death mask (Hutton)

 

> Ex 83 Burke, Edmund (1729-1797) Statesman

Box 6

From the original death mask at the

Player's club, NY (Hutton)

 

> Ex 73 Burns, Robert (1759-1796) Poet

Box 7

Cast of skull (Hutton)

 

> Ex 823 Burr, Aaron (1756-1836) Revolutionary

Box 8

soldier &c. From the original death

mask (Hutton)

 

> Ex 77 Calhoun, John C. (1782-1850) Statesman

Box 9

From the original life mask by Clark

Mills 1844 (Hutton)

 

> Ex 49 Canova, Antonio (1757-1822) Italian

Box 10

sculptor. From the original death mask

(Hutton)

 

> Ex ? **Carroll, Charles

Box 11

(only one found)

 

> Ex 39 Caunt, Ben (1815-1861) English pugilist.

Box 12

From the original death mask (Hutton)

 

> Ex 31 Cavour, Camillo Benso (1810-1861) Italian

Box 13

statesman. From the original death mask

(Hutton)

 

> Ex 85 Chalmers, Thomas (1780-1847) Theologian

Box 14

From the original death mask (Hutton)

 

> Ex 70 Charles XII (1682-1718) King of Sweden

Box 10

From the original death mask in Cambridge

University library. First copy (Hutton)

 

 

> Ex 70 Charles XII (1682-1718) King of Sweden

Box 12

From the original death mask in Cambridge

University library. Second copy

 

 

> Ex 86 Clay, Henry (1777-1852) Statesman

Box 15

From the original death mask by

Clark Mills (Hutton)

 

> Ex 65 Cromwell, Oliver (1599-1658) "The Protector"

Box 6

From the original death mask in the

National Portrait Gallery, London

1st copy (Hutton)

 

> Ex 65 Cromwell, Oliver (1599-1658) "The Protector"

Box 7

From the original death mask in the

National Portrait Gallery, London

2nd copy

 

> Ex 65 Cromwell, Oliver (1599-1658) "The Protector"

Box 8

From the original death mask in the

National Portrait Gallery, London

3rd copy

 

> Ex 87 Curran, John P. (1750-1817) Irish judge

Box 16

From the original death mask (Hutton)

 

> Ex 90 Dante Alighieri (fragment) (Hutton)

Box 13

 

> Ex 90 Dante Alighieri (different fragment)

Box 15

 

> Ex 57 Disraeli, Benjamin (1804-1881) Statesman

Box 17

From the original death mask by Sir E.

Boehm (Hutton)

 

> Ex 61 Elizabeth, Queen of England (1533-1603)

Box 18

From effigy on tomb in Westminster Abbey

(Hutton)

  

> Ex 53 Florida Negro boy

Box 16

From life under the direction of T.

Hastings (Hutton)

 

> Ex 37 Franklin, Benjamin (1706-1790) Statesman

Box 19

From the original life mask by Houdon

1785 (Hutton)

 

> Ex 60 Frederick the Great (1712-1786) King of

Box 20

Prussia. From the original death mask in

the Hohenzollern Museum, Berlin (Hutton)

 

> Ex 63 Garrick, David (1717-1779) Actor

Box 21

Life mask (nose broken) (Hutton?)

COPY of one in Theatre coll.?

 

> Ex 620 Goethe. From the original life mask in the

Box 22

Goethe Museum, Weimar. Presented Feb. 20,

1933 (L.A. Ziegler)

 

> Ex Goethe (right hand)

Box 19

 

> Ex 54 Haydon, Benjamin R. (1786-1846) Artist

Box 21

From the original death mask (Hutton)

 

> Ex 51 Henry IV (1553-1610) King of France

Box 22

Death mask from the embalmed body.

Original in the Library of St. Genevieve,

Paris (Hutton)

 

> Ex 51 Henry IV (1553-1610) King of France

Box 23

Death mask from the embalmed body.

 

> Ex 140 Kaulback, Wilhelm von (1805-1874) German

Box 24

Death mask. Presented Feb. 10, 1902

(E. Hanfstaengel)

 

> Ex 4059 La Bourdonnais, Louis Charles M. de

Box 25

(1796-1840) Chess > Expert (Cook chess

collection)

 

> Ex 91 Lawrence, Sir Thomas (1769-1830) Artist

Box 26

From the original death mask by E.H.

Baily (Hutton)

 

> Ex 4140 Lee, Robert E. (1807-1870) Soldier

Box 27

Death mask by Clark Mills. Presented

Dec. 2, 1921 (Ralph Adams Cram)

 

> Ex 138 Leidy, Joseph (1823-1891) Geologist

Box 28

Death mask. Presented Jan. 1902

(Joseph Leidy, Jr.)

 

> Ex 43 Leopardi, Giacomo (1798-1837) Italian

Box 29

poet. From the original death mask

(Hutton)

 

> Ex 43 Leopardi, Giacomo (1798-1837) Italian

Box 30

poet. From the original death mask

 

> Ex 40 Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) President

Box 23

From the original life mask by L.W. Volk,

1860 in the National Museum (Hutton)

 

> Ex 50 Liszt, Franz (1881-1886) Pianist

Box 31

From the matrix of the original death

mask (Hutton)

 

> Ex 75 Louise (1776-1810) Queen of Prussia

Box 32

From the original death mask in the

Hihenzollern Museum in Berlin

 

> Ex 66 McCullough, John (1832-1885)

Box 33

Original death mask by H. H. Kitson

(Hutton)

 

> Ex 29 Marat, Jean Paul (1743-1793) Author

Box 34

From the original death mask in Musee

Carnavalet, Paris. First copy (Hutton)

 

 

 

 

> Ex 29 Marat, Jean Paul (1743-1793) Author

Box 55

From the original death mask in Musee

Carnavalet, Paris. Second copy

 

> Ex 41 Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847) Composer

Box 26

From the original death mask by Bendemann

and Hubner (Hutton)

 

> Ex 30 Mirabeau, Honore G. R. (1749-1791)

Box 35

(both) Author. From the original death mask in

Musee Carnavalet, Paris

2 copies (Hutton)

 

> Ex 64 Moore, Tom (1779-1852) Poet

Box 36

From the original death mask (Hutton)

 

> Ex 35 Napoleon I (1768-1821) Emperor

Box 29

Cast from the original death mask by

Autommarchi in the Hotel des Monnaies,

Paris (Hutton)

 

> Ex 597 Napoleon I. Death mask in bronze by Dr.

Box 37

Antommarchi (Mr. & Mrs. Henry Lane Eno)

 

> Ex 36 Napoleon III (1808-1873) Emperor

Box 38

From the original death mask by

Brucciani (Hutton)

 

> Ex 38 Newton, Isaac (1642-1727)

Box 39

From the original mask by Roubilliac

in the rooms of the Royal Society, London

(Hutton)

 

> Ex 94 O'Reilly, John Boyle (1844-1890) Author

Box 30

From the original death mask (Hutton)

 

> Ex 46 Owen, Richard (1804-1892) Naturalist

Box 40

Life mask, by A.L. Vago

 

 

 

> Ex 33 Paine, Thomas (1737-1809) Revolutionary

Box 41

author. from the original death mask by

J.W. Jarvis (Hutton)

 

> Ex 1340 Pennington, Samuel H., d.1900, Princeton

Box 42

class of 1825, Trustee 1856-1900. Death

mask presented Mar. 23, 1914 (Mrs. A. F.

Pennington)

 

> Ex 27 Pius IX, Pope (1846-1878) From the matrix

Box 31

of the original death mask (Hutton)

 

> Ex 28 Robespierre, Augustin B. J. de (1763-1794)

Box 43

(both) From the original death mask in the

Tussaud Gallery, London

2 copies (Hutton)

 

> Ex 88 Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) poet

Box 44

From the original death mask by Brucciani

in possession of W. M. Rossetti (Hutton)

 

> Ex 92 Scott, Walter (1771-1832) Author

Box 32

From the original death mask by G.

Bullock at Abbotsford (Hutton)

 

> Ex 139 Senefelder, Alois (1771-1834) Inventor of

Box 45

lithography. Original death mask.

Presented Feb. 10, 1902 (E. Hanfstaengel)

 

> Ex 590 Sergeant, Elihu Spencer (son of Jonathan

Box 46

Dickinson Sergeant) (1787-1824)

Class of 1804. Death mask. Presented July

27, 1910 (Jonathan D. Sergeant)

 

> Ex 59 Shakespeare, William (1564-1616) Poet

Box 51

Cast from effigy on tomb at

Stratford-on-Avon (Hutton) DAMAGED

 

> Ex 4482 Sinclair, W. J. Life mask. (?)

Box 36

 

 

 

> Ex 1431 Slocum, Henry W. (1826-1894) Soldier

Box 47

Death mask. Presented April 12, 1916

(H.W. Slocum)

 

> Ex 2240 Sullivan, John L. (1858-1918) Pugilist

Box 39

Life mask by R. Tait Mackenzie (1913)

Presented Mar. 27, 1919 (C.D. Hart, Class

of 1892)

 

> Ex 4289 Stuart, Mary (1542-1587) Queen of the

Box 48

Scots. Cast of effigy on tomb (Allan

Marquand)

 

> Ex 4792 Dean Swift (T.G. Wilson)

Box 63

> Ex 79 Tasso, Torquato (1544-1595) Author

Box 49

From the original death mask in the

Convent of San Onofrio, Rome (Hutton)

 

> Ex 34 Thackeray, Wm. M. (1811-1863) Author

Box 50

From the original death mask by

Brucciani (Hutton)

 

> Ex 52 Thaxter, Mrs. Celia (Leighton) (1835-1894)

Box 52

Poet. Death mask from the original matrix

by O. Branner (Hutton)

 

> Ex 26 Washington, George (1732-1799) President

Box 53

From the original Houdon statue

 

> Ex 78 Webster, Daniel (1782-1852) Statesman

Box 54

From the original life mask by C. Mills

1849 (Hutton)

 

> Ex 4829 Plaster cast of hand (right hand

Box 63

palm) of Woodrow Wilson by Theodore

Spicer Simpson (Carl Otto v.

Kienbusch)

 

> Ex 4372 Heinrich Heine (F. Dreyfus)

Box 41

 

 

 

> Ex 4257 [plaque]

Box 55

 

> Ex 2469 Dickens (plaque - 3"x4")

Box 55

 

> Ex 4375 unidentified hand

Box 49

 

> Ex 4401 [man w/ pointy beard - sculptor

Box 45

Dahlgren ?]

 

> Ex 4415 Maclain (?)

Box 57

 

> Ex 4898 Audobon

Box 56

Original in Museum of Comparative

Geology (?)

 

> Ex 4899 Agassiz

Box 52

 

---- Unmarked head

Box 58

 

> Ex 4783 Erdmann, John Frederic (1864-1954).

Box 59

Death mask by Ettore Salvatore. Plaster

Gift of Dr. Erdmann's daughter (Mrs.

John L. Kuser)

 

> Ex 4837 Plaster head, phrenological chart

Box 60

 

> Ex 4994 Compton. Bronze.

Box 61

 

> Ex 4834 Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von

Box 56

 

----- Thackeray (damaged)

Box 62

 

II. 7 odd fellows in B-9-B-2

 

** name in parentheses indicates donor **

 

UNBOXED:

 

> Ex 47 Palmerston, Henry John Temple 3d

 

Viscount (1784-1865) Original death

mask by Jackson (Hutton)

 

> Ex 45 Sherman, Gen. Em. T. (1820-1891) Soldier

 

Original death mask under direction of

Augustus St. Gaudens (Hutton)

 

> Ex 4327 Tolstoi, Lev

 

BOXED:

 

> Ex 4875 Brisbane, Albert (1809-1890)

 

Death mask

 

> Ex 4876 Brisbane, Arthur (1864-1936)

 

Death mask, full head on pedestal

 

> Ex 4877 Brisbane, Arthur

 

Wax mask, three-quarters head

> Ex 4586 Wilson, Woodrow

 

Recumbent head, reconstructed from death

mask by Vladimir Fortunato (one of two

copies - copy #2 currently in Tower room)

(Dr. Harry M. Robinson)

III. 8 odd fellows in Tower:

 

Note: all of these with the > Exception of one** are in

need of boxes

 

** name in parentheses denotes donor **

 

> Ex 4363 George, Henry (1835-?)

 

Sculptor Richard George

 

> Ex 48 Grant, Ulysses S. (1882-1885) President

 

From the original death mask made under

the direction of Augustus St. Gaudens

(Hutton)

 

> Ex 4767 Napoleon I (1769-1821)

 

Death mask, plaster from a Louisiana

plantation (Mrs. Edward Larocque Tinker)

 

> Ex 88 **Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882)

 

Death mask and cast of his hand by Brucciani,

1882 ** BOXED **

 

> Ex 589 Sergeant, Jonathan Dickinson (1746-1793)

 

Class of 1762. Death mask presented 27 July

1910 (Jonathan D. Sergeant)

> Ex 4753 Torrence, Ridgely, Class of 1897

2 copies

Death mask by Ettore Salvatore

(Torrence estate)

> Ex 4586 Woodrow Wilson

 

Recumbent head, reconstructed from death mask

by Vladimir Fortunato (one of two copies --

the other is currently in B-9-B-2)

 

IV. About 13 odd fellows in Theatre:

 

According to old information (inventory lists, shelf markers,

etc.), the following are presumed to be in Theatre, although no formal inventory has been made at this time.

Shelved in the caged area, far rear of caged stack.

 

** name in parenthese indicates donor **

 

> Ex 84 Barrett, Lawrence (1838-1891) Actor

 

Original death mask under direction of

Augustus St. Gaudens (Hutton)

 

> Ex 76 Boucicault, Dion (1822-1890) Actor

From the original death mask by

J.S. Hartley (Hutton)

 

> Ex 69 Edwards, Harry (1830-1891) Actor

 

From the original death mask by J.S.

Hartley (Hutton)

> Ex 63 Garrick, David (1717-1779) Actor

 

Life mask (Hutton)

 

> Ex 572 Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von (1749-1832) Poet

Death mask. Presented 12 May, 1910

(J.R. Gifford)

> Ex 620 Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von

 

From the original life mask in the

Goethe museum, Weimar. Presented

20 February 1933 (L.A. Ziegler)

 

> Ex 573 Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von

 

Cast of right hand. Presented

12 May 1910 (J.R. Gifford)

 

> Ex 81 Kean, Edmund (1787-1833) Actor

 

Death mask (Hutton)

 

> Ex 55 Malibran, Maria (1808-1836) French opera

 

singer. From the original death mask

by De Beriot (Hutton)

 

 

 

 

> Ex 4373 Reinhart, Max

 

Original death mask by Frederick Dreyfus.

Presented by Frederick Dreyfus

 

> Ex 42 Schiller, Johann C.F. von (1759-1805) Poet

 

From the original death mask by Klauer

(Hutton)

 

> Ex 59 Shakespeare, William (1564-1616) Poet

 

Cast from effigy on tomb at Stratford-

on-Avon (Hutton)

 

> Ex 72 Sheridan, Richard B. (1751-1816) playwright

 

From the original death mask (Hutton)

 

V. About six masks in the Scribner Lounge

 

According to old shelf markers, the following masks

are presumed to reside in the Scribner Lounge, although no formal inventory has been made at this time.

 

** name in parentheses indicates donor **

 

> Ex 71 Coleridge, Samuel Taylor (1772-1834) Poet

 

From the original death mask (Hutton)

 

> Ex 80 Keats, John (1796-1821) Poet

 

From the original life mask by Haydon

in 1818 in the National Portrait Gallery,

London (Hutton)

 

> Ex 58 Sterne, Lawrence (1713-1768) Author

Death mask (Hutton)

 

> Ex 56 Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745) Author

 

From the original death mask (Hutton)

 

> Ex 95 Whitman, Walt (1819-1892) poet

 

Original death mask by Murray (Hutton)

 

> Ex 62 Wordsworth, William (1770-1850) Poet

From the original life mask by Haydon

1815 (Hutton)