George Washington’s Life Mask

Date1785

Formatted placeVirginia, U.S.A.

Mediumplaster

ClassificationsSculpture

DimensionsHeight: 12 1/2 inches (318 mm.); from the bottom of the chin to the top of the head

Credit LineGift of J. P. Morgan, Jr., 1924

Terms

Object numberAZ151

DescriptionTaken at Mt. Vernon, October 1785

On View

Not on view

Locations

(not entered) Demo Museum (Hanover Square), Level 1, Gallery A

ProvenanceJean-Antoine Houdon (1741-1828), Rome and Paris; his sale, Paris, 1828; purchased by Robert Walsh (1785-1859), Philadelphia (before 1837); by gift or purchase to John Struthers (1786-1851), Philadelphia; Ferdinand Pettrich (1798-1872), Philadelphia and Washington D.C. (1835-1843 ), later Brazil (c. 1843-1858) and Rome (1858-1872); purchased from Pettrich’s widow, ca. 1872 by William Wetmore Story (1819-1895), Rome; by descent to his son, Waldo Story (1855-1915); from whom purchased before 1913 by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), New York; by descent, J. P. Morgan, Jr. (1867-1943), New York.